Thomas Nast
The Sympathetic Sheriff

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Sympathetic Sheriff
  • The Iron-Clad Fish Under Fire
DateDecember 13, 1873
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Sympathetic Sheriff): 4 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.1 × 11.4 cm)
Plate (Iron-Clad Fish): 4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (11.4 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/16 in. (40 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.615.3.2.A,.B
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A printed on the plate bottom left: Th. Nast.
.B printed on the plate within a triangle bottom left: BELLEW

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The Sympathetic Sheriff
Thomas Nast
December 13, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.615.3.3.A,.B
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.95
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1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
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1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
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