Thomas Nast
A Wild Goose Chase

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Wild Goose Chase
  • Kirby's Planchette
DateJuly 4,1868
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engravings
DimensionsPlate (.A, Wild Goose Chase): 5 1/16 × 4 11/16 in. (12.8 × 11.9 cm)
Plate (.B, Kirby's Planchette): 4 5/8 × 4 9/16 in. (11.7 × 11.6 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (40 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.486.A,.B
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A printed on the plate bottom right corner "Th:Nast."

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.A:  The Chivalry of Modern Knights
Thomas Nast
April 24, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.770.2.A-.C
.A:  Our Legislative Code of Arms
Thomas Nast
February 6, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.768.2.2.A-.C
.A:  Highway Boycotting
Thomas Nast
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.2.A-.C
.A:  The Political Vampire
Thomas Nast
April 4, 1885
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.755.2.A-.D
.A:  A Gentle Hint to Office-Seekers
Thomas Nast
January 10, 1885
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.750.A-.C
.A:  The Penalty of Over-Officiousness Abroad
Thomas Nast
January 17, 1885
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.751.A-.D
.A: No, Indeed
Thomas Nast
August 16, 1884
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.749.A-.F
.A:  It Was All for Fun
Thomas Nast
August 14, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.782.1.A-.D
.A:  Flynn Is Glad He Is Out of Politics
Thomas Nast
August 14, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.782.2.A-.C
.A:  A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
Thomas Nast
May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.771.2.A-.C
.A:  Highway Boycotting
Thomas Nast
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.1.A-.C
.A:  Between Two Fires
Thomas Nast
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.1.A-.D