No Rest for the Wicked---Sentenced to More Hard Labor, from "Harper's Weekly"

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No Rest for the Wicked---Sentenced to More Hard Labor, from "Harper's Weekly"
No Rest for the Wicked---Sentenced to More Hard Labor, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (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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