Out of One into Another?, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Out of One into Another?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Out of One into Another?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished November 6, 1875
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 15 5/8 × 10 11/16 in. (39.7 × 27.1 cm) Sheet: 9 in. × 13 1/2 in. (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.297
Not on view
DescriptionElephant reading "Republican / Vote" on forehead, and "Iowa", "Ohio", and "Nebraska" on three feet. Elephant facing man wearing hat with two feathers reading "Free Schools" and "Hard Money". Standing in front of fence with sign reading "Reformed / Tammany Hall. / Come in here, if you wish / to be protected from / vultures and rats. / 1875." Captioned "U.S. 'Now don't be frightened into THAT Trap.'" 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.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Page number "896," publisher, and publication date "November 6, 1875" typeset above image in black ink.

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