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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May 15, 1886
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.A:  When His Skin Is Not in Danger
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May 22, 1886
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.A:  'Tis Logan That Is Gently Tapping, Rapping at the Secret Chamber Door
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.A:  Our Legislative Code of Arms
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April 24, 1886
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.A:  Both
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June 19, 1886
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July 10, 1886
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.A:  Those Foreign Savages
Thomas Nast
July 24, 1886
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