A Terrible Blow North, from "Harper's Weekly"

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A Terrible Blow North, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Terrible Blow North, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 11, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 in. × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 15/16 in. (40.2 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.348
Not on view
DescriptionPlaying cards with words and illustration related to banking and money. Profile of man's face to right of cards blowing at them, cheek reads "The / solid / southern / claims".

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. Publication date "November 11, 1876," publisher, and page number "917" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Ink
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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