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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 8, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 3/8 in. × 9 in. (34 × 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 number2019.13.319
Not on view
DescriptionTall man holding top hat in one hand bends over and hands letter to very short man from other hand. Signs in background with one man putting up sign. Captioned "A MEMBER OF THE CABINET. 'Please take in my card to the secretary--I beg your pardon--the Editor of War, and inquire if the war with Spain is over, as I wish / to make arrangements for signing the Treaty of Peace.'" 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. Publication date "April 8, 1876," publisher, and page number "289" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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Date: published May 15, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published March 6, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.502
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Date: published April 10, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.279
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
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Date: published June 6, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.242
Renée Stout
Date: 2008-10
Medium: Acrylic, latex paint, spray paint, plastic rhinestones, wood, glass, metal, varnish, collage, and found objects
Object number: 2016.2
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.264
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256