Thomas Nast
.A: 'Tis Logan That Is Gently Tapping, Rapping at the Secret Chamber Door

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • .A: 'Tis Logan That Is Gently Tapping, Rapping at the Secret Chamber Door
  • .B: Logan Will Carry Everything before Him
  • .C: Will it be So?
DateApril 3, 1886
Printed inUnited States
MediumWood engravings on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Gently Tapping): 4 1/4 × 4 9/16 in. (10.8 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.B, Carry Everything): 4 1/4 × 4 9/16 in. (10.8 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.C, Will it be so?): 3 7/8 × 4 1/2 in. (9.8 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 3/16 × 10 7/8 in. (41.1 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.769.A-.C
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 on the plate bottom left: Th.Nast.
.B printed on the plate lower left: Th.Nast.
.C printed on the plate bottom right: Th.Nast.

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