Thomas Nast
Barnum's New "What Is It?"

Barnum's New "What Is It?"

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ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Barnum's New "What Is It?"
DateAugust 17, 1872
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (11.4 × 11.7 cm)
 Sheet: 16 1/8 × 11 in. (41 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.577.3
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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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Thomas Nast
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Wood engraving on newsprint
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.A: What Will They Do about It?
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89.756.A-.D
.A: What Civil Service Reform Will Do: It will make practical people go to the polls
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.A: What Civil Service Reform Will Do: It will make practical people go to the polls
September 26,1885
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.765.A-.C
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1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.681.3
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"What Is the Remedy? N. Y. Tribune Withdraw, as Usual"
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.720.3
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December 5, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.662.2.2
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Thomas Nast
Upon What Meat Doth This Our Caesar Feed That He Hath Grown So Great?
December 5, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.662.2.1
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Thomas Nast
"Let Us Clasp Hands Over (What Might Have Been) a Bloody Chasm"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.584.3
What Are You Going to Do about It if "Old Honesty" Lets Him Loose Again?
Thomas Nast
What Are You Going to Do about It if "Old Honesty" Lets Him Loose Again?
August 31, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.579.1
What The Telegraph Companies Will Do Next
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What The Telegraph Companies Will Do Next
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Wood engraving on newsprint
91.1429.82
What the Honest N. Y. Tribune, Which Is Not an Organ, Does to Democrats
Thomas Nast
What the Honest N. Y. Tribune, Which Is Not an Organ, Does to Democrats
August 24, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.578.2
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Thomas Nast
"What's in a Name?"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.566.3