Artist
Thomas Nast American, 1840–1902
PublisherPublished by
Harper's WeeklyAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Sympathetic Sheriff
- The Iron-Clad Fish Under Fire
DateDecember 13, 1873
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Sympathetic Sheriff): 4 3/8 × 4 1/2 in. (11.1 × 11.4 cm)
Plate (Iron-Clad Fish): 4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (11.4 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 9/16 in. (39.7 × 26.8 cm)
Plate (Iron-Clad Fish): 4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (11.4 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 9/16 in. (39.7 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.615.3.3.A,.B
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
top of sheet in pencil[both sides of sheet]: see other side[reference to a second Nast illustration]
.A printed on the plate bottom left: Th. Nast.
.B printed on the plate within a triangle bottom left: BELLEW
.B printed on the plate within a triangle bottom left: BELLEW
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Thomas Nast
July 22, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.735.2.A,.B
Thomas Nast
August 12, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.736.A-.C
Thomas Nast
The People Fill It, and Congress Empties It. The Law-Makers Believe the Treasury, but Not the People
August 19, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.737.1
Thomas Nast
March 22, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.602.2.A,.B
Thomas Nast
January 25, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.600.2
