Thomas Nast
The Vessel of Discord Sunk

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Vessel of Discord Sunk
  • A Soap-orific
DateJanuary 17, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Vessel of Discord): 4 7/16 × 4 9/16 in. (11.3 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.B, Soap-orific): 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 10 13/16 in. (40.6 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.620.2.2.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 Neptune and a sinking ship
.B man with a tube from a gas balloon in his mouth
.A bottom right on the plate: Th. Nast.
,B bottom left on the plate[within a triangle]: BELLEW

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