Thomas Nast
By Inflation You Will Burst

By Inflation You Will Burst

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ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • By Inflation You Will Burst
  • Let Well Enough Alone
  • And Don't Make It Worse
DateDecember 20, 1873
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, By Inflation): 8 3/4 × 9 1/16 in. (22.2 × 23 cm)
 Plate (.B, Let Well Enough Alone): 4 3/8 × 4 7/16 in. (11.1 × 11.3 cm)
 Plate (.C, Don't Make it Worse): 4 5/8 × 4 11/16 in. (11.7 × 11.9 cm)
 Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 in. (41.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.616.1.A-.C
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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 left: Th. Nast.

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