Six Days with the Devil and One with God, from "Harper's Weekly"

Skip to main content
Six Days with the Devil and One with God, from "Harper's Weekly"
Six Days with the Devil and One with God, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 3, 1869
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 6 5/8 × 9 3/16 in. (16.8 × 23.3 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (40 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object numberS2019.2.28
Not on view
DescriptionCaptioned "Business man to Christianity. 'I am too Busy to see you Now. Wait till [sic] Sunday'" typeset beneath title in black ink. Articles titled "Boston and the Peace Jubilee," "Government Among Swine," and "Strawberry Culture in New Jersey" typeset above the image at the top of the sheet. The first article features two accompanying portraits captioned "Carl Zerahn, Musical Conductor of the Peace Jubilee" and "Eben Tourjee, Organizer of the Choruses."
Collections

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. Publication date "July 3, 1869," publisher, and page number "429" typeset above image at top of the sheet.
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
See, Where His Grace Stands between Two Clergymen!, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 20, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.175
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whose Funeral Is It?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 20, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.276
Photo by John Bentham.
Six Days with the Devil and One with God, and Untitled Sketches
Thomas Nast
Date: c. 1869
Medium: Ink and graphite on paper
Object number: 1944.1.7a-b
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Mysterious Influence of the New York ‘Herald!’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 13, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.270
The Only Thing They Respect and Fear, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Only Thing They Respect and Fear, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published October 21, 1871
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.149
Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State, from "Harper's Weekly"
Colored Rule in a Reconstructed (?) State, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 14, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.234
The Reign of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Reign of the Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 8, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.319
Washington, Lincoln, and Grant, from "Harper's Weekly"
Washington, Lincoln, and Grant, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.272
Drawing His Sword for the Political Roman Church, from "Harper's Weekly"
Drawing His Sword for the Political Roman Church, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published January 23, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.269
Any Thing but a ‘Pacific Mail’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Any Thing but a ‘Pacific Mail’, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.274
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
No Church Need Apply, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 8, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.282
The Lion (U.S.G.) Not in Love.--Went to Clip, but Was Clipped, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Lion (U.S.G.) Not in Love.--Went to Clip, but Was Clipped, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published May 27, 1876
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.325