Thomas Nast
Slippery Sam

Slippery Sam

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Slippery Sam
  • The Great Buggy Smasher
  • from Harpers Weekly Magazine
DateAugust 12, 1876
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsSheet: 16 3/16 × 10 7/8 in. (41.1 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey
Object number91.1429.33.A,.B
Non exposé

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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.638.3.1.A,.B
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Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.72
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Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.73.A,.B
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Thomas Nast
Uncle Sam (as Lord Dundreary)
June 6, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.638.3.4.A,.B
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Thomas Nast
Uncle Sam (as Lord Dundreary)
June 6, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.638.3.3.A,.B
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June 6, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.638.3.2.A,.B
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Wood engraving
89.510
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May 8, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.772.1.1
.A: A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
Thomas Nast
.A: A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.771.2.A-.C
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Thomas Nast
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May 15, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.773.1
.A: Highway Boycotting
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.A: Highway Boycotting
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.1.A-.C
.A: Between Two Fires
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.A: Between Two Fires
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Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.1.A-.D