Who Said Anything about Thanksgiving Dinner?, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Who Said Anything about Thanksgiving Dinner?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Said Anything about Thanksgiving Dinner?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 26, 1881
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 11 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (28.6 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 15 7/16 × 10 1/2 in. (39.2 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.570
Not on view

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 left 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. XXV.-No. 1301: For the week ending November 30, 1881."
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