Thomas Nast
This Is a White Man's Government

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • This Is a White Man's Government
DateSeptember 5,1868
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 13 1/2 × 9 3/16 in. (34.3 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (40 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.491.1
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
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printed on the plate bottom left corner "Th Nast"

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.A:  Highway Boycotting
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May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
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.A:  Highway Boycotting
Thomas Nast
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.1.A-.C
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September 2, 1876
Wood engraving on newsprint
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.A:  Pure White 'Mormon Immigration' on the Atlantic Coast
Thomas Nast
March 25, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.728.2.A,.B
Diogenes Has Found the Honest Man (Which Is Diogenes and which Is the Honest Man?)
Thomas Nast
August 3, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.575.2
Young Man, Your Poor Brain Needs Rest Too
Thomas Nast
September 28, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.583.3
Robinson Crusoe Making a Man of His Friday
Thomas Nast
February 12, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
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