An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"

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An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"
An 'Aggressive' 'Still Hunt', from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished September 30, 1876
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.2 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.340
Not on view
DescriptionDog with head of a man wearing collar reading "Americus" standing in cave labelled "Spain" and dog with head of a man running away wearing collar reading "Usufruct". Teapot under running dog reads "$5.000 / from / W.M. Tweed." Captioned "'Governor Tilden has for years, like a hound on the scent, followed the members of the Ring patiently, secretly, and diligently.'--MR. HEWITT." typeset beneath title in black ink.

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. Publisher banner headline typeset above image in black ink: "Harper's Weekly / Journal of Civilization / Vol. XX.-No. 1031: New York, Saturday, September 30, 1876."

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