Thomas Nast
A Tammany Rat

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Tammany Rat
DateNovember 7, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate: 11 3/8 × 9 5/16 in. (28.9 × 23.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 13/16 in. (40.2 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.658.1.3
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
top of sheet in pencil: 4 copies[?] Caskey
Printed lower righton the plate: Th. Nast.

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A Tammany Rat
Thomas Nast
November 7, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.658.1.2
A Tammany Rat
Thomas Nast
November 7, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.658.1.1
The Tammany  Democratic Tiger-The Repudiation Democratic Tiger
Thomas Nast
September 23, 1876
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.46
The Tammany Phoenix is a Fighting-Cock
Thomas Nast
November 29, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.613.2.1
Tammany Hall Will Whip Creation This Fall
Thomas Nast
November 1, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.609.1.1
The Tammany Ring-dom.  The Power Behind the Throne
Thomas Nast
October 29, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.541.1
The Tammany Phoenix is a Fighting-Cock
Thomas Nast
November 29, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.613.2.2
Tammany Hall Will Whip Creation This Fall
Thomas Nast
November 1, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.609.1.2
The Telephone Scandal
Thomas Nast
February 13, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.92
Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S.A.
Thomas Nast
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.93
Defacing The Administration Sign
Thomas Nast
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.94