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Chicago Nominee: "I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest...Where be your gibes now?–Hamlet, Act IV [sic], Scene 1"

Justin H. Howard  (American, active 1856–80)

Publisher:
Probably published by Thomas W. Strong (New York)
Date:
1864
Medium:
Wood engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 16 5/8 in. (30.5 x 42.2 cm)
Classification:
Prints
Credit Line:
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number:
24.63.201

This artwork is part of Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine

This artwork is not on display

  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Inscription: in stone: "Howard del."

  • Provenance

    Donor: Georgiana W. Sargent

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    B. Reilly, American Political Prints, Library of Congress, no. 1864-33, p. 539; F. Weitenkampf, Political Caricature in the United States, New York Public Library, 1953, p. 146.

  • References

    Harold Holzer, Gabor S. Boritt, Mark E. Neely Jr. The Lincoln Image: Abraham Lincoln and the Popular Print. 2001, 132-33.

    Jennifer L. Gross The Lines Are Drawn: Political Cartoons of the Civil War. Kristen N. Smith, Hill Street Press, Athens, Georgia, 1999, p. 129, ill.

    Nadine Orenstein, Constance C. McPhee Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven and London, 2011, cat. no. 145, 184, ill.



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