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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished May 27, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 15 13/16 in. (27.9 × 40.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.325
Not on view
DescriptionLion sitting on ground with man's head in his mouth. Rest of man's body in air, and man holds large pair of shears reading "Investigation." Captioned "--[See Article], 'President Grant and his Traducers,' on page 422.]" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Exhibition History
2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in second rotation only, Spring 2025 semester.
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in second rotation only, Spring 2025 semester.
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 lower left composition.
Inscribed
Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "May 27, 1876," publisher, and page number "429" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
Thomas Nast
Date: published August 14, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.294
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 16, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.268
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.103
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 28, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.262
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 25, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.304
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 15, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.307
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 29, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.323
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.272
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.271
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256