Thomas Nast
The Death-Bed Marriage

The Death-Bed Marriage

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Death-Bed Marriage
DateJuly 27, 1872
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 8 3/4 × 13 15/16 in. (22.2 × 35.4 cm)
 Sheet: 10 11/16 × 16 1/8 in. (27.1 × 41 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.574.2
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Object Type
ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
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printed on the plate lower right: Th. Nast.

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.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
.A: Liberty (to Go if You Do Not Like the Institutions of Our Republic) or (Commit Murder and You Will Be Punished with) Death ...
Thomas Nast
.A: Liberty (to Go if You Do Not Like the Institutions of Our Republic) or (Commit Murder and You Will Be Punished with) Death ...
June 5, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.775.2.A,.B
Image Not Available for "Into the Jaws of Death"
Thomas Nast
"Into the Jaws of Death"
1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.680.1
Image Not Available for "Death at the Polls, and Free from 'Federal Interference"
Thomas Nast
"Death at the Polls, and Free from 'Federal Interference"
1879
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.720.1
Europe and America Overlooking the Valley of Death
Thomas Nast
Europe and America Overlooking the Valley of Death
October 8, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.539.2
Photographed in mylar sleeve
Thomas Nast
Victory And Death
June 10, 1865
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.169
The Baby Of Many " Lives " And " Deaths "
Thomas Nast
The Baby Of Many " Lives " And " Deaths "
April 26, 1879
Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.21
Europe and America Overlooking the Valley of Death
Thomas Nast
Europe and America Overlooking the Valley of Death
October 8, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.539.1
King Death's Distribution of Prizes
Thomas Nast
King Death's Distribution of Prizes
May 28, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.526
.A: That 'Horrible Pasha'
Thomas Nast
.A: That 'Horrible Pasha'
September 16, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.740.1.1.A,.B
.A: The Latest News from the Tub of War at Alexandria
Thomas Nast
.A: The Latest News from the Tub of War at Alexandria
July 22, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.735.2.A,.B
.A: The Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Nast
.A: The Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church
August 12, 1882
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.736.A-.C