Madness (Yet There’s Method In It), from "Harper's Weekly"

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Madness (Yet There’s Method In It), from "Harper's Weekly"
Madness (Yet There’s Method In It), from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished January 15, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 13/16 × 9 1/16 in. (27.5 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 11/16 in. (40.2 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.308
Not on view
DescriptionMan standing on doorstep holding book and pointing nun away. Captioned "U.S. (as Hamlet). 'Go thy ways to a nunnery.........For wise men know well enough what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go; and quickly too. Farewell.'" 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.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower left 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. XX.-No. 994: New York, Saturday, January 15, 1876."
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