Thomas Nast
The Sympathetic Sheriff

The Sympathetic Sheriff

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ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 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)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.615.3.3.A,.B
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
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

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The Sympathetic Sheriff
Thomas Nast
The Sympathetic Sheriff
December 13, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.615.3.2.A,.B
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December 13, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.93
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Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.94
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Thomas Nast
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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Thomas Nast
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.586.1
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.585.4
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Thomas Nast
"Who Are the Haters?"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.586.2
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Thomas Nast
"As Usual, He Put His Foot in It"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.586.3
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Thomas Nast
"The Apple of Discord at the Geneva Tribunal"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.584.2
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Thomas Nast
"More Secession Conspiracy"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.585.1