Thomas Nast
The Fall of Fort Donelson

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Fall of Fort Donelson
  • The Parson and the Lawyer
  • President Johnson Addressing His Fellow Citizens at Washington
  • from Harper's Weekly, 10 March 1866
Date1866
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate (.A): 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in. (8.9 × 5.7 cm)
Plate (.B): 6 7/8 × 4 1/4 in. (17.5 × 10.8 cm)
Plate (.C): 6 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (17.5 × 23.3 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 1/2 in. (39.8 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.456.A-.C
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate .A bottom right corner "T.N.", .B bottom right "Th.Nast."

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