Artist
Thomas Nast (American, 1840–1902)American, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Merry Christmas to All
- from Harper's Weekly
DateDecember 30,1865
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 13 1/2 × 20 5/8 in. (34.3 × 52.3 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 22 5/16 in. (40.6 × 56.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 22 5/16 in. (40.6 × 56.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.447
Non exposé
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Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The Pen and 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
Loaned to Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, for Homer/Nast exhibition, September 1, 1998 to February 9, 1999.
Exhibited in "A Victorian Christmas," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, Texas, November 1, 2000 to January 8, 2001 (LN:2000.26).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate right center "Th:Nast."
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Thomas Nast
January 3, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.25
