Thomas Nast
.A: Inspecting the Kitchen

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • .A: Inspecting the Kitchen
  • .B: Another Civil-Service Outrage
  • .C: The House That Needs Dusting Very Much
  • .D: A St. Patrick's Day Reminiscence
DateMarch 28, 1885
Printed inUnited States
MediumWood engravings on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Kitchen): 5 1/8 × 4 9/16 in. (13 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.B, Outrage): 5 1/8 × 4 9/16 in. (13 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.C, The House that needs Dusting): 4 5/8 × 4 9/16 in. (11.7 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.D, St. Patrick's Day): 4 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.7 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 5/16 in. (41.3 × 28.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.754.A-.D
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed om the plate .A lower left .B bottom right .C lower right: Th.Nast.

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