Thomas Nast
Our Dead-Head Legislature

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Our Dead-Head Legislature
  • from Harpers Weekly Magazine
DateFebruary 6, 1886
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsSheet: 16 3/16 × 11 1/8 in. (41.1 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey
Object number91.1429.90
Non exposé

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.A:  Two Successful Observations by Our Artist of the Transit of Venus
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.748.2.A,.B
.A:  Oscar Wilde on Our Cast-Iron Stoves
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.739.2.1.A,.B
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Thomas Nast
November 8,1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.610.2.2
The Foreign Church (Roman) Declaring War upon Our National Public Schools
Thomas Nast
November 8, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.610.2.3
If He Can't Respect Our Flag, Send Him Where He Belongs
Thomas Nast
December 6, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.614.2.2
Victory Sits on Our Helm
Thomas Nast
December 6, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.614.1.2
.A:  A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
Thomas Nast
May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.771.2.A-.C
.A:  Our Legislative Code of Arms
Thomas Nast
February 6,1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.768.2.1.A-.C
.A:  Our Next Haul
Thomas Nast
June 19, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.777.2.A,.B
Thomas Nast
1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.684.2.A,.B