Thomas Nast
Diogenes Has Found the Honest Man (Which Is Diogenes and which Is the Honest Man?)

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Diogenes Has Found the Honest Man (Which Is Diogenes and which Is the Honest Man?)
DateAugust 3, 1872
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 10 3/4 × 9 3/16 in. (27.3 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (41 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.575.2
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
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