Waiting, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Waiting, from "Harper's Weekly"
Waiting, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 25, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (27.3 × 23.3 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.2 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.349
Not on view
DescriptionAnimal skeleton with sign hanging off neck reading "This is the / democratic / wolf / gaunt and / hungry." Doll attached to skeleton’s tail wears belt reading "Rag baby". Skeleton stands in front of Dutch door reading "U.S. Treasury." Upper half open with man wearing top had leaning on lower half.

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. 1039: New York, Saturday, November 25, 1876."
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Date: published April 10, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.279
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Thomas Nast
Date: published October 24, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.256
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published October 14, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.318
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
The Sacred Elephant, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
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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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Thomas Nast
Date: published April 1, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.317
The Elective System; or Master and Slave, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
Date: published November 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.298