A Hard Summer for the Soft Rag Baby, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Hard Summer for the Soft Rag Baby, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Hard Summer for the Soft Rag Baby, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 26, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 7/8 × 9 1/8 in. (27.6 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 1/8 in. (40.3 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.336
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "MR. TILDEN. 'Now don't wake it, dear; the second bottle did it.' / MRS. TILDEN. 'You are a wonderful Nurse, darling. See! the Angels are whispering to it.'" typeset beneath title in black ink.

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 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. 1026: New York, Saturday, August 26, 1876."
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© Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. Image licensed by Artist Rights Society (ARS).
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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