Thomas Nast
The American Twins

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The American Twins
  • A Proud Mother
DateFebruary 7, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, The American Twins): 4 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (10.8 × 11.4 cm)
Plate (.B, A Proud Mother): 5 1/4 × 4 9/16 in. (13.3 × 11.6 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.623.2.1.A,.B
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A bottom left on the plate: Th. Nast.
.B bottom left on the plate: M.Woolf.

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The American Twins
Thomas Nast
February 7, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.623.2.2.A,.B
The American Twins
Thomas Nast
February 7, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.623.2.3.A,.B
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Wood engravings on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.578.1
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Thomas Nast
July 1, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.733.2.A,.B
.A:  A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
Thomas Nast
May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.771.2.A-.C
The Telephone Scandal
Thomas Nast
February 13, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.92
Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, U.S.A.
Thomas Nast
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.93
Defacing The Administration Sign
Thomas Nast
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.94
He Is In No Danger
Thomas Nast
February 20, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.95