Fire and Water Make Vapor, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Fire and Water Make Vapor, from "Harper's Weekly"
Fire and Water Make Vapor, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 3, 1877
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 1/2 in. × 9 in. (34.3 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 15 15/16 × 10 3/4 in. (40.5 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.360
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "What a cooling off will be there, my countrymen!" typeset beneath title in black ink.

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. Publication date "February 3, 1877," publisher, and page number "93" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
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