A Box Stew; or, An Enviable Position, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Box Stew; or, An Enviable Position, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Box Stew; or, An Enviable Position, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 9, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (27.3 × 23 cm) Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (39.4 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.338
Not on view
DescriptionMan sitting on a box labeled "W.M. Tweed. / New York." Box partially open with eyes peering out from inside. Signs on wall in background. Captioned "USUFRUCTUARY TILDEN. 'WILLIAM, we would miss you--until I am in the White House,' (Hard on TWEED.)" 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 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. 1028: New York, Saturday, September 9, 1876."
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Dayanita Singh
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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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Thomas Nast
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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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Image Not Available for Now Begins the Rub, from "The Daily Graphic"
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Unknown artist
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