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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 5, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (27.3 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (40 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.310
Not on view
DescriptionMen on ground in a pile with tiger jumping over them chasing another animal in distance. One of the men holds the tail of the tiger, which has been separated from its body. Furniture toppled over in background with two men jumping or falling. Sign beneath tiger reads "Policy / of / silence / by the / Democratic / Party."
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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 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. 997: New York, Saturday, February 5, 1876."
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 20, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.324
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 22, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.322
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.271
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 25, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.316
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 24, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.371
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.257
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.273
Unknown artist, Japanese
Date: date unknown
Medium: Ink and hand-colored drawing
Object number: 2024.1.2
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 28, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.345