Thomas Nast
A Hard Fish to Catch

A Hard Fish to Catch

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Hard Fish to Catch
DateJanuary 24, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 10 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (27.3 × 23.3 cm)
 Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 in. (40 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.621.3
Non exposé

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Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower right on the plate: Th. Nast.

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A Hard Fish to Catch
Thomas Nast
A Hard Fish to Catch
January 24, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.621.4
A Hard Fish to Catch
Thomas Nast
A Hard Fish to Catch
January 24, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.621.2
A Hard Fish to Catch
Thomas Nast
A Hard Fish to Catch
January 24, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.621.1
A Hard Summer For The Soft Rag Baby
Thomas Nast
A Hard Summer For The Soft Rag Baby
August 26, 1876
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.36
Hard or Soft Money
Thomas Nast
Hard or Soft Money
1876
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.11
.A: Hard on the Professionals
Thomas Nast
.A: Hard on the Professionals
July 31, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.781.A-.C
Image non disponible pour "Hard to Please the 'White Trash'"
Thomas Nast
"Hard to Please the 'White Trash'"
1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.685.3.A,.B
Image non disponible pour "Hard Times for John"
Thomas Nast
"Hard Times for John"
1879
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.701.3.A,.B
The Telephone Scandal
Thomas Nast
The Telephone Scandal
February 13, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.92
Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S.A.
Thomas Nast
Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S.A.
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.93
Defacing The Administration Sign
Thomas Nast
Defacing The Administration Sign
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.94
He Is In No Danger
Thomas Nast
He Is In No Danger
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.95