Ay, There's the Rub, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Ay, There's the Rub, from "Harper's Weekly"
Ay, There's the Rub, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 11, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 9/16 × 9 in. (26.8 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (40 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.303
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Take off those stripes, and it will look like a lamb" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XIX.-No. 989: New York, Saturday, December 11, 1875."
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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