Thomas Nast
Santa Claus in Camp

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Santa Claus in Camp
DateJanuary 3,1863
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 10 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (27.3 × 23 cm)
Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 13/16 in. (39.4 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.409.1
Not on view

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, for Homer/Nast exhibition, September 1, 1998 to February 9, 1999.

Exhibited in "A Victorian Christmas," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, Texas, November 1, 2000 to January 8, 2001 (LN:2000.26).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate bottom left "Th.Nast."

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