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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 2, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (27.8 × 23 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 number2019.13.350
Not on view
DescriptionMan sitting on ground sharpening pencil that has "H"s written down it. Paper below him has quote from N.Y. Tribune. Basket to right of man has paper with quote from Jeff Davis. Above basket is monument reading "Monument / in / honor (?) / of / Adams / Fall. / Boston. / Mass." To left of illustration is a quote by Thos. Carlyle. Other quotes and inscriptions on wall to left of the man.
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. 1040: New York, Saturday, December 2, 1876."
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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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Date: published December 25, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.272
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published February 26, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published December 2, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.351
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Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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