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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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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."
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