Sooner or Later, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Sooner or Later, from "Harper's Weekly"
Sooner or Later, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished April 27, 1878
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 5/8 × 20 13/16 in. (34.6 × 52.9 cm) Sheet (a): 10 7/8 × 15 13/16 in. (27.6 × 40.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.417
On view
DescriptionLion center left with front paws propped up on rock on top of flag. Tiger with collar reading "India" hiding in bushes to left of tiger. Bear center right with paws propped up on same rock next to the flag. Bear holding stick with flag, wearing belt with flask attached. Captioned "RUSSIAN BEAR TO BRITISH LION. 'I come to protect Christians--I meant to say Mohammedans, Buddhists, or Brahmius.'" 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.
Markings None noted.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower left composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "332," publisher, and page number "333" typeset above image in black ink.
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
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