Artist
Thomas Nast (American, 1840–1902)American, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Why He Cannot Sleep
- from Harper's Weekly, 7 July 1866
Date1866
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in. (35.3 × 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 3/8 in. (39.8 × 26.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 3/8 in. (39.8 × 26.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.472.2.1
Not on view
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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
"American Made: 250 Years of American Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 7 July 2012 - 2 January 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate lower right "Th.Nast."
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