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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished March 4, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 in. × 9 in. (27.3 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.2 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.314
Not on view
DescriptionWoman in long toga with armor around chest and hat with laurel wreath. Woman holds bushel in one hand and points at tree stump reading "Truth" in front of her. Group of boys or small men stand on opposite side of tree stump, two holding axes behind their back. Signs in background. Captioned "CHORUS OF RISING PATRIOTS (?). 'We can not tell a lie! We did not do it!'" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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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. 1001: New York, Saturday, March 4, 1876."
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Date: published December 5 , 1863
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Date: c. 1845
Medium: Engraving
Object number: 1995.17
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Date: c. 618-907 CE
Medium: Red clay with remnants of pigment
Object number: 1994.58
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.3