Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Backed Down?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished August 23, 1879
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 4 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.1 × 11.4 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 10 3/4 in. (37.9 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object numberS2019.2.193
Not on view
DescriptionElephant standing upright on left side of illustration facing tiger standing upright on right side of illustration. Ground beneath them reads "Extra / Session". Captioned "(As soon as they feel a little refreshed.)" typeset beneath title in black ink. Illustration occupies the top left of the sheet, spanning half the width and a third of the height. The sheet is divided into three columns of advertisements and another illustration in the top right of the sheet spanning half the width and a third of the height titled "Scene at Railway Station.".
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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 "676," publisher, and publication date "August 23, 1879" typeset above image in black ink.
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Whoa!—Greenback the Weaver, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 24, 1880
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.216
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
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Justice on the Rail: Erie Railroad (Ring) Smash Up, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 30, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.171
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Shylock, We Would Have Money and Votes, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published July 6, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.191
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
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
What H. G. Knows about Bailing, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published April 27, 1872
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.178
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
A Tammany Rat, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 7, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.259
The Biggest Scare and Hoax Yet!--The Wild Animals Let Loose Again by the Zoomorphism Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Biggest Scare and Hoax Yet!--The Wild Animals Let Loose Again by the Zoomorphism Press, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published February 6, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: S2019.2.103
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
A Moonshine Scene, from Harper's Weekly
A Moonshine Scene, from Harper's Weekly
Thomas Nast
Date: published March 27, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.277