Thomas Nast
The Tearful Convention

The Tearful Convention

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ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Tearful Convention
  • from Harper's Weekly, 29 September 1866
Date1866
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate: 13 7/8 × 9 3/16 in. (35.3 × 23.4 cm)
 Sheet: 25 × 25 in. (63.5 × 63.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.476.1
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
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The Tearful Convention
Thomas Nast
The Tearful Convention
1866
Wood engraving
89.476.2
Dedicated To The Chicago Convention
Thomas Nast
Dedicated To The Chicago Convention
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Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.164
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Thomas Nast
"The Cincinnati Convention, in a Pickwickian Sense"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
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The Root of the Matter
Thomas Nast
The Root of the Matter
May 8, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.772.1.1
.A: A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
Thomas Nast
.A: A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.771.2.A-.C
Too Heavy a Load for the Trades-Unions
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Too Heavy a Load for the Trades-Unions
May 15, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.773.1
.A: Highway Boycotting
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.A: Highway Boycotting
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.1.A-.C
.A: Between Two Fires
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.A: Between Two Fires
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.1.A-.D
.A: The Chinese Puzzled
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.A: The Chinese Puzzled
May 15, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.773.2.A-.C
.A: When His Skin Is Not in Danger
Thomas Nast
.A: When His Skin Is Not in Danger
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.2.A-.C
Roman Catholics Disgracing Themselves
Thomas Nast
Roman Catholics Disgracing Themselves
May 7, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.524.2
Oliver Cromwell and Charles I
Thomas Nast
Oliver Cromwell and Charles I
May 1, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.771.1