Thomas Nast
Upon What Meat Doth This Our Caesar Feed That He Hath Grown So Great?

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Upon What Meat Doth This Our Caesar Feed That He Hath Grown So Great?
DateDecember 5, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate: 9 3/16 × 13 9/16 in. (23.3 × 34.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 15/16 in. (27.6 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.662.2.1
Non exposé

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