The Brass Mercury is Going Up, from Time, Vol. IX, no. 260, August 3, 1889
Thomas Nast, American (born Germany), 1840 - 1902
1889
Woodcut on paper Newsprint
Overall: 20 1/2 × 13 1/2 in. (52.1 × 34.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
PR.974.250
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, on block, lower right: Th. Nast/1889.
Exhibition History
Representing Myth: The Classical Tradition in Western Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 11-August 17, 1995.
Provenance
Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), The Book & Print Shop, Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1974.
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