Put Yourself in His Place, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Put Yourself in His Place, from "Harper's Weekly"
Put Yourself in His Place, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 – 1902)
Datepublished March 4, 1871
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition (a): 8 1/16 × 6 3/16 in. (20.5 × 15.7 cm) Composition (b): 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (20.6 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 15 5/16 × 10 1/16 in. (38.9 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.129
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Reconstruction Era. Both compositions captioned at the top above the image and beneath the title in black ink. At the top of the left composition (a) is "Labor" while "content is happiness" lies at the bottom. The right composition (b) features "capital" at the top and "all is not gold that glitters" at the bottom.
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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 typeset beneath image in black ink.
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.47
Section of Contiguous pages 561 to 576
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.148
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Thomas Nast
Date: published February 26, 1870
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.114
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George Catlin
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