Thomas Nast
The Cradle of Liberty Out of Danger

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Cradle of Liberty Out of Danger
DateMay 16, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 10 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (26.7 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 13/16 in. (39.8 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.635.1.2
Non exposé

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

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The Cradle of Liberty Out of Danger
Thomas Nast
May 16, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.635.1.3
The Cradle of Liberty Out of Danger
Thomas Nast
May 16, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.635.1.1
The Cradle of Liberty in Danger
Thomas Nast
April 11, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.631.2
The Cradle of Liberty in Danger
Thomas Nast
April 11, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.631.1
He Is In No Danger
Thomas Nast
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.95
.A:  When His Skin Is Not in Danger
Thomas Nast
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.2.A-.C
Turn The Deadheads Out
Thomas Nast
January 16, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.84
Thomas Nast
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.569.2
It Cost Us Thousands And Thousands Of Dollars To Find This Out
Thomas Nast
March 22, 1879
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.18
Out of the Ruins
Thomas Nast
October 18, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.607.1.1