Croppies, Lie Down, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Croppies, Lie Down, from "Harper's Weekly"
Croppies, Lie Down, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished October 7, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 1/8 in. (40.2 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.341
Not on view
DescriptionMan in suit and top hat standing on head of man laying down on ground. Other men on ground and memorial in background. Captioned "'......Consequently they are what they are--useful yet despised; stepping-stones over which shrewd men walk into office.'--The Irish World." 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. 1032: New York, Saturday, October 7, 1876."

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