Thomas Nast
Mrs. Sorel's Comfort

Mrs. Sorel's Comfort

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Mrs. Sorel's Comfort
  • Arthur and Alice at the Old Gin
  • One More Chance, Abolitionist
  • from Harper's Weekly, 31 March 1866
Date1866
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate (.A): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.8 × 5.6 cm)
 Plate (.B): 6 7/8 × 4 1/4 in. (17.5 × 10.8 cm)
 Plate (.C): 6 7/8 × 4 1/4 in. (17.5 × 10.8 cm)
 Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 11/16 in. (39.8 × 27.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.460.A-.C
Not on view

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Object Type
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 corner "Th.Nast", .C bottom right corner "Th Nast"

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