Britannia Lionizing our Modern Ulysses, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Britannia Lionizing our Modern Ulysses, from "Harper's Weekly"
Britannia Lionizing our Modern Ulysses, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished June 30, 1877
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 20 in. × 13 1/2 in. (50.8 × 34.3 cm) Sheet (a): 15 3/4 × 10 11/16 in. (40 × 27.1 cm) Sheet (b): 15 3/4 × 10 11/16 in. (40 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.382
On view
DescriptionWoman and man with lion's head sitting in front of tree. Woman wears a helmet and ties wreath around lion's mane. Shield and trident to the right of woman propped up against tree. Captioned "'My heart burns for the prudent, ill-fated ULYSSES, who, in a sea-girt island, where is the centre of the sea, a woody island, and in her mansion a goddess dwells, the daughter of all-wise Atlas, who dens the depth of / the whole sea. But his daughter detains (ULYSSES) unhappy lamenting (?): and she continually soothes him with soft and winning words.'--THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER." typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.). Work exhibited in first rotation only, Fall 2024 semester.
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. Page number "504," publisher, and page number "505" typeset above image in black ink.
Photo by John Bentham.
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Thomas Nast
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Merry Christmas to All, from "Harper's Weekly"
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Hail, C-O-L-U-M-B-I-A-!--The British Lion Tamed Again, from "Harper's Weekly"
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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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Date: published May 13, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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