Thomas Nast
.A: The Gravity of the Subject

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • .A: The Gravity of the Subject
  • .B: Let You Go to Evening School, Dinah?
DateDecember 12, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, The Gravity of the Subject): 4 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (10.8 × 11.7 cm)
Plate (.B, Evening School): 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11 1/8 in. (40.5 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.663.2.1.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 Printed bottom right on the plate: Th. Nast.
.B Printed bottom right corner on the plate: C.S.R.

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