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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 1, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 20 1/16 × 13 3/8 in. (51 × 34 cm)
Sheet: 21 11/16 × 15 7/16 in. (55.1 × 39.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.306
Not on view
DescriptionTwo children, a girl asleep in a chair and a boy peering over his left shoulder, await Santa Claus while their parents watch from the door in the background.
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Additional Details
Provenance
2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Signature
Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower right composition.
Inscribed
Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page numbers "8" and "9" and publisher typeset above image in black ink.
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 4, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.216
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 3, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.26
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.357
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 25, 1886
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.639
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 4, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.302
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.338
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 26, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.51
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 31, 1864
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.67
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1865
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.75
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 31, 1870
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.123
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 3, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.25