Thomas Nast
This Is the Most Magnificent Movement of All

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • This Is the Most Magnificent Movement of All
DateJanuary 3, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate: 4 7/16 × 4 5/8 in. (11.3 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 in. (40.2 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.618.2.2
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right on the plate: Th. Nast.

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This Is the Most Magnificent Movement of All
Thomas Nast
January 3, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.618.2.1
Keeping the Money Where It Will Do Most Good
Thomas Nast
October 11, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.606.1.1
Keeping the Money Where It Will Do Most Good
Thomas Nast
October 11, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.606.1.2
The New Comet - A Phenomenon Now Visible in All Parts of the United States
Thomas Nast
August 6, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.533.1.1
Thomas Nast
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.564.A,.B
Something Is Rotten in the State of Louisiana.  So Say We All of Us
Thomas Nast
February 21, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.625.3.A,.B
Something Is Rotten in the State of Louisiana.  So Say We All of Us
Thomas Nast
February 21, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.625.2.A,.B
.A:  It Was All for Fun
Thomas Nast
August 14, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.782.1.A-.D
Only a Drop, after All, My Countrymen
Thomas Nast
October 2, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.784
.A:  Was It Not a Rum Disaster, after All, at Spuyten Duyvil?
Thomas Nast
February 4, 1882
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.724.A,.B