Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Columbia lays aside her laurels to mourn at the burning of her birthplace.
1872
Collection
Part of
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 01/GC002/Box 10/Normal/Harper's Weekly (1872/09/22-1873/11/15) GA 2008.01483
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1872/11/30.
- People
-
- Author
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Symbolism in art
- Grief—United States—Caricatures and cartoons
- Columbia (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Boston (Mass.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Disasters—Massachusetts—Boston—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fires—Massachusetts—Boston—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Demonology—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- Alabama claims—Caricatures and cartoons
- Elections—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Presidents—United States—Election—1872—Caricatures and cartoons
View all metadata for this item
Similar Items in this Collection
Similar Items outside this Collection
Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Columbia lays aside her laurels to mourn at the burning of her birthplace.
- Call Number
- E South 01/GC002/Box 10/Normal/Harper's Weekly (1872/09/22-1873/11/15) GA 2008.01483
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2f75r816g
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1872/11/30.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1872
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 33.2 x 23.2 cm. sheet 42.1 x 29 cm.
- References
- Paine, Albert Bigelow. Th. Nast, His Period and His Pictures. New York: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904, p. 261.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Wood engravings
- Signed in block, lower left: "Th: Nast".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Symbolism in art
- Grief—United States—Caricatures and cartoons
- Columbia (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Boston (Mass.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Disasters—Massachusetts—Boston—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Fires—Massachusetts—Boston—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Demonology—Caricatures and cartoons
- Personification in art
- Alabama claims—Caricatures and cartoons
- Elections—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Presidents—United States—Election—1872—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/547b4271-6f99-4899-a169-4a2fee36db7a/manifest