To Arms! To Arms, from "Harper's Weekly"

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To Arms! To Arms, from "Harper's Weekly"
To Arms! To Arms, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished July 18, 1863
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 13/16 × 9 3/16 in. (35.1 × 23.3 cm) Sheet: 15 3/16 × 10 1/16 in. (38.6 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.38
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Civil War. Captioned "the invasion of the north: street scenes in Philadelphia: sketched by Mr. Thomas Nast" typeset beneath title in black ink.
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Inscribed Title in block at bottom of composition in black ink. Page number "460," publisher, and publication date "July 18, 1863" typeset above image in black ink.
Photograph by John Bentham.
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