Thomas Nast
A Group of Butternut Prisoners

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Group of Butternut Prisoners
  • from Harper's Weekly, 25 April 1863
Date1863
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 9 1/16 × 13 3/4 in. (23 × 34.9 cm)
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (27.5 × 40 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.414.1
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The Penand the Sword: Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast and the American Civil War" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston August 4, 1990 - February 3, 1991 Subsequent tour through

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Wood engraving on newsprint
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Wood engraving
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Photographed in mylar sleeve
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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May 8, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
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.A:  A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
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May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
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Too Heavy a Load for the Trades-Unions
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May 15, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
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.A:  Highway Boycotting
Thomas Nast
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
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.A:  Between Two Fires
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May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
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.A:  The Chinese Puzzled
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May 15, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
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.A:  When His Skin Is Not in Danger
Thomas Nast
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
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Roman Catholics Disgracing Themselves
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May 7, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
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