Thomas Nast
Barnum's New "What Is It?"

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Barnum's New "What Is It?"
DateAugust 17, 1872
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (11.4 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/8 × 11 in. (41 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.577.3
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 lower right: Th. Nast.

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What Are You Going to Do about It if "Old Honesty" Lets Him Loose Again?
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What The Telegraph Companies Will Do Next
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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What the Honest N. Y. Tribune, Which Is Not an Organ, Does to Democrats
Thomas Nast
August 24, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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What H. G. Knows about Thraeshing
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July 13, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
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