Thomas Nast
Our Living Skeleton Standing Army

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Our Living Skeleton Standing Army
DateJune 27, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 10 15/16 in. (40.6 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.641.2.3
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom center on the plate: Th. Nast.

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Our Living Skeleton Standing Army
Thomas Nast
June 27, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.641.2.1
Our Living Skeleton Standing Army
Thomas Nast
June 27, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.641.2.2
Our Modern Falstaff Reviewing His Army
Thomas Nast
November 5, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.542.2
Our Modern Falstaff Reviewing His Army
Thomas Nast
November 5, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.542.1
Thomas Nast
1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.686.3.A,.B
Upon What Meat Doth This Our Caesar Feed That He Hath Grown So Great?
Thomas Nast
December 5, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.662.2.2
If He Can't Respect Our Flag, Send Him Where He Belongs
Thomas Nast
December 6, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.614.2.1
Victory Sits on Our Helm
Thomas Nast
December 6, 1873
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.614.1.1
Foreshadowing of Coming Events in Our Public Schools
Thomas Nast
April 16, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.523.3.3