The Best of Friends Must Part, from "Harper's Weekly"

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The Best of Friends Must Part, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Best of Friends Must Part, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished February 10, 1877
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 in. × 9 in. (27.3 × 22.9 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 number2019.13.363
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "But their destination is not decided yet, by D. D. Field, Counsel of Fisk, Gould, Tweed, Tilden, & Co." 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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XXI.-No. 1050: New York, Saturday, February 10, 1877."
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Thomas Nast
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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
Object number: 2019.13.330
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Date: published November 18, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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The Lion and the Unicorn Fighting, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Date: published April 25, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.237
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.336
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Thomas Nast
Date: published May 15, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.285
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
'The Indifference' of Uncle Sam, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 9, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.353
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Shakespeare on the ‘Liberal’ Campaign of Slander, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 4, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.180
Croppies, Lie Down, from "Harper's Weekly"
Croppies, Lie Down, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 7, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.341
Not So Easily Played Upon, from "Harper's Weekly"
Not So Easily Played Upon, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.177