Thomas Nast
Fort Sumter

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Fort Sumter
DateMarch 19, 1870
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate: 9 1/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23 × 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 15 15/16 in. (27.1 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.521.2
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
lower right on the plate: Th. Nast.
see 89.521.1

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Fort  Sumter
Thomas Nast
March 19, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.521.1
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Thomas Nast
1865
Wood engraving
89.443.1
Thomas Nast
1876
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.674.1.2
The Fall of Fort Donelson
Thomas Nast
1866
Wood engraving
89.456.A-.C
Hold the Fort
Thomas Nast
October 7, 1876
Wood engraving
89.674.1.1
Who Goes There? - A Friend
Thomas Nast
August 27, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.535.1.A,.B
Napoleon: Dead Men's Clothes Soon Wear Out
Thomas Nast
September 10, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.537.1.1
The French Eagle and the Arrow
Thomas Nast
September 3, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.536.1.A,.B
The Promised Land, as Seen from the Dome of Saint Peter's Rome
Thomas Nast
October 1, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.538.1
The Seat of War
Thomas Nast
September 10, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.537.2.1
Pope Pius IX
Thomas Nast
October 15, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.540.1
Europe and America Overlooking the Valley of Death
Thomas Nast
October 8, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.539.1