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"Precious Jewel of Thy Home Return."--Shakespeare

Artist Thomas Nast (American ; 1840-1902)
Maker/Publisher Harper's Weekly
DateSeptember 5, 1874
Mediumwood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsOverall: 15 13/16 x 11 1/16 in. (40.2 x 28.1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PRINTS
Credit LineGift of Irwin and Dianne Steinberg
Terms
  • political cartoon
  • wharf
  • ship
  • luggage
  • group
  • male figures
  • Ulysses S. Grant
  • Reconstruction period
Object number99.1.90
Descriptionfrom "Richard II" by William Shakespeare (written ca. 1595)
Inscribednone
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