The Democratic Tiger Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Democratic Tiger Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Democratic Tiger Gone Mad, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 20, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 7/8 in. (40.3 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.324
Not on view
DescriptionTiger missing a tail leaping towards mirror on left side of compositions. Bench in front of mirror has newspapers on it. Square in lower right has smaller composition with tiger having crashed through mirror.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at center right 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. 1012: New York, Saturday, May 20, 1876."
'Amnesty;' or, the End of the Peaceful (Democratic) Tiger, from "Harper's Weekly"
'Amnesty;' or, the End of the Peaceful (Democratic) Tiger, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 5, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.310
Venice: Piazza San Marco
Venice: Piazza San Marco
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.136
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
The Trouble Has Commenced, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Trouble Has Commenced, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.271
Photograph by John Bentham.
Tiger's Eye
Helen Frankenthaler
Date: 1985 (published 1987)
Medium: Aquatint and sugar lift etching, lithograph and screenprint
Object number: 1989.13
The Democratic Tiger-in-the-Manger, and the Submissive (M)Asses, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Democratic Tiger-in-the-Manger, and the Submissive (M)Asses, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 22, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.322
Venice: Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie Nuove
Venice: Piazza San Marco and the Colonnade of the Procuratie Nuove
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: S2018.2.137
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Thomas Nast
Date: published February 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.103
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Spencer Finch
Date: 2018
Medium: Seven framed archival inkjet photographs
Object number: 2019.9.a-g
Tammany Tiger Loose: 'What Are You Going to Do About It?', from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 11, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.153
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Matthew Ritchie
Date: 1996
Medium: Oil and felt-tip marker on canvas
Object number: 2012.3.8
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47