Thomas Nast
Merry Christmas to All

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Artist Thomas Nast (American, 1840–1902)American, 1840–1902

CultureAmerican

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Merry Christmas to All
from Harper's Weekly

DateDecember 30,1865

PlaceUnited States

MediumWood engraving

DimensionsPlate : 13 1/2 × 20 5/8 in. (34.3 × 52.3 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 22 5/16 in. (40.6 × 56.7 cm)

Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics

Object number89.447

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The Pen and 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

Loaned 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 right center "Th:Nast."

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