Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 8, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (27.3 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 3/16 in. (40.5 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.331
Not on view
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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 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. 1019: New York, Saturday, July 8, 1876."
Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Why We Laugh, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 3, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.326
The Day We Celebrate, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Day We Celebrate, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 6, 1867
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.88
The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
The Only ‘Emergencies’ We Need to Fear (?), from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.172
The New Organ-(We Beg the 'Tribune's' Pardon)-ization on its 'New Departure': Anything To Get Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
The New Organ-(We Beg the 'Tribune's' Pardon)-ization on its 'New Departure': Anything To Get Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 8, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.188
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.191
That Tidal Wave: We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
That Tidal Wave: We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 26, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.209
We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
We Are on the Home Stretch, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.210
Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Let Us Think Twice before we Let Loose the Dogs of War, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 13, 1873
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.226
To This We Should Return With the Least Practicable Delay, from "Harper's Weekly"
To This We Should Return With the Least Practicable Delay, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 9, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.267
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 25, 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.33
A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Roman Catholic Mission from England to the 'Heathens' of America, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 30, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.162
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
The Modern Mazeppa: 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati To...', from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 1, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.187