Thomas Nast
A Dangerous Game

A Dangerous Game

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ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Dangerous Game
DateMay 14, 1870
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
 Sheet: 15 15/16 × 10 5/8 in. (40.5 × 27 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.525.1
Non exposé

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Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom left on the plate: Th. Nast.
printed on the plate: THE COMMON schools of the / United States, / State Money / Public School Money

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A Dangerous Game
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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.A: A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
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Wood engravings on newsprint
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.773.1
.A: Highway Boycotting
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.A: Highway Boycotting
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Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.1.A-.C
.A: Between Two Fires
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.A: Between Two Fires
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.1.A-.D
.A: The Chinese Puzzled
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.A: The Chinese Puzzled
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Wood engravings on newsprint
89.773.2.A-.C
.A: When His Skin Is Not in Danger
Thomas Nast
.A: When His Skin Is Not in Danger
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.2.A-.C