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It Never Rains but It Pours
It Never Rains but It Pours
It Never Rains but It Pours

It Never Rains but It Pours


Artist (American, b. Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Date1872
MediumElectrotype
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. (34.9 x 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. (41.9 x 29.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert P. Johnston in honor of Francis E. Hyslop Jr.
Object number79.63
ClassificationsWork on Paper
Object NameElectrotype
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on view
Century
  • Nineteenth
More Information
Signedin plate bottom left: Th. Nast
Inscribedbottom center: "IT NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS." / KAISER WILLIAM. "Uncle Sam's Claim is most in Accordance with the True Interpretation of the Treaty of June, 1840."
ProvenanceRobert P. Johnston, unknown method and date of acquisition.