Artist
Thomas Nast (American, 1840–1902)American, 1840–1902
PublisherPublished by
Harper's Weekly(American, 1857–1916)American, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Emancipation of the Negroes, January, 1863 - The Past and the Future
DateJanuary 24,1863
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 13 9/16 × 20 3/8 in. (34.4 × 51.8 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 21 3/4 in. (40.2 × 55.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 21 3/4 in. (40.2 × 55.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.411
Non exposé
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The Penand the Sword: Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast and the American Civil War" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston August 4, 1990 - February 3, 1991 Subsequent tour through
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate bottom right "Th.Nast"
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Thomas Nast
January 23, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.86
Winslow Homer
1860
Wood engraving
75.670.A,.B