Thomas Nast
Fort Sumter

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Artist Thomas Nast (American, 1840–1902)American, 1840–1902

PublisherPublished by Harper's Weekly(American, 1857–1916)American, 1857–1916

CultureAmerican

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Fort Sumter

DateMarch 19, 1870

PlaceUnited States

MediumWood engraving on newsprint

DimensionsPlate : 9 1/16 × 13 11/16 in. (23 × 34.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 15 11/16 in. (27.1 × 39.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics

Object number89.521.1

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

lower right on the plate: Th. Nast.

printed on the flag: FORT ST. PATRICK, on cannon: ecclesiastical canon IHS,on cannon balls: election frauds, illegal naturalization, fradulent votes, on building: public school / of the / United States / Liberty, on sign: Programme / Freedom of education / and worship- / Both these principles / are not only contrary to the laws / of God and the Church but are / in contradiction with the Concordat / established between the Holy See and the republic / destructive to the Church and Society, printed on sacks: Taxes / money from / common / council / school money / state money, public, printed bottom of plate left: Our Public Schools Must and / Shall be Preserved, right: the man that Hauls down / our Public Schools Shoot him / on the Spot

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