His attempt at suicide, - not due to remorse but J.J. / Th. Nast. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with His attempt at suicide, - not due to remorse but J.J. / Th. Nast., a historic drawing rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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His attempt at suicide, - not due to remorse but J.J. / Th. Nast.
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Thomas Nast's title puts the joke up front: the man's suicide attempt is presented as driven by something other than remorse, with the initials "J.J." identifying the figure being mocked. The drawing uses ink with opaque white heightening, a method that gave Nast's bold contrasts clean results when reproduced in *Harper's Weekly*, where his political cartoons reached a wide national audience from the 1860s into the 1880s. The record dates the piece only broadly, between 1860 and 1890, and does not explain who "J.J." refers to, so the caption is the best guide to its target. Nast's work from this period helped shape how many Americans viewed corruption and public life.
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink with opaque white. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Harper's Weekly" Source: Illustration not listed in the list of drawings and cartoons in Harpers |
| Notes | [between 1860 and 1890] |
| Subjects | p. 147-88 -- ljr" |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,498 × 5,673 px · prints to 15 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226076 |
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