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By inflation you will burst -- let well enough alone, and don't make it worse.
1873
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 01/GC002/Box 11/Normal/Harper's Weekly (1873/11/16-1874/05/09) GA 2008.01506
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1873/12/20.
- People
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- Author
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Inflation (Finance)—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Financial crises—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- By inflation you will burst -- let well enough alone, and don't make it worse.
- Call Number
- E South 01/GC002/Box 11/Normal/Harper's Weekly (1873/11/16-1874/05/09) GA 2008.01506
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ht24wj55w
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1873/12/20.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1873
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 34.5 x 23.3 cm. sheet 40.6 x 28.9 cm.
- References
- Paine, Albert Bigelow. Th. Nast, His Period and His Pictures. New York: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904, pp. 288-89.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Wood engravings
- Signed in block, left, c.l.: "Th: Nast".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Inflation (Finance)—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Uncle Sam (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons
- Financial crises—United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Anthropomorphism in art
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9c8f6df6-6bcb-4c43-b165-54f104afcde3/manifest