Thomas Nast
The Late Lewis Cass

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Late Lewis Cass
  • The Halt, a Scene in the Georgia Campaign
  • from Harper's Weekly, 30 June 1866
Date1866
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate (.A): 3 3/4 × 3 5/16 in. (9.5 × 8.4 cm)
Plate (.B): 6 13/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17.3 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 9/16 in. (40.3 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.471.1.A,.B
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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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printed on the plate .B bottom right corner "Th.Nast"

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