Thomas Nast
The Biggest Joke of the Season

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Biggest Joke of the Season
DateMarch 15, 1873
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate: 4 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (11.3 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 10 13/16 in. (40.6 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.601.2.1
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate bottom right: Th. Nast.

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