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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 16, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 5/8 in. × 9 in. (27 × 22.9 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 7/8 in. (39.7 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.355
Not on view
DescriptionLion lower right looking back at bear growling behind him. Sign in background reads "The / Solid / North".
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. 1042: New York, Saturday, December 16, 1876." Inscription in pencil "Eugene Bealy" at top of sheet above banner headline.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published December 9, 1876
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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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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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 March 24, 1877
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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