What that 'Ere 'Honorable Body' Will Come To, from "Harper's Weekly"

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What that 'Ere 'Honorable Body' Will Come To, from "Harper's Weekly"
What that 'Ere 'Honorable Body' Will Come To, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker Thomas Nast American, born Germany, 1840 – 1902
Datepublished February 9, 1867
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 × 13 5/8 in. (22.9 × 34.6 cm) Sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 5/8 in. (28.6 × 42.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.85
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. Captioned "A chance to steal without / the government of the city of New YorK, / the risk of penitentiary" in block across top of composition in black ink.
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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 right composition.
Inscribed Title in block at bottom of composition in black ink. Page number "88," publisher, and publication date "February 9, 1867" typeset above image in black ink.
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.117
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Thomas Nast
Date: published December 5 , 1863
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
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Thomas Nast
Date: published September 5, 1868
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.100
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.149