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Artist/Maker
Thomas Nast
(American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 26, 1868
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 13 7/16 × 9 1/8 in. (34.1 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 15/16 in. (39.4 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.102
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. Captioned "The odor of the [black person] (Republican) is offensive" and "But-" typeset above and below the composition, respectfully, in black ink.
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Exhibition History
2008
Clinton, NY (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Emancipation and Denigration: Thomas Nast Pictures Black America," January 14, 2008 - April 13, 2008
Clinton, NY (Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Emancipation and Denigration: Thomas Nast Pictures Black America," January 14, 2008 - April 13, 2008
Provenance
2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Signature
Signed "Th Nast" in block in the mid-right of the composition.
Inscribed
Title in block across the middle of the composition in black ink. Page number "616," publisher, and publication date "September 26, 1868" typeset above image in black ink.
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