Thomas Nast
A Patient Railroad Traveler

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Patient Railroad Traveler
  • The Delights of Street Travel in New York
DateMarch 14, 1874
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Patient Railroad Traveler): 4 1/2 × 4 9/16 in. (11.4 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.B, The Delights of Street Travel): 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (40 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.628.1.A,.B
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.A bottom left on the plate: Th. Nast.
.B bottom right on the plate: Abbey

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A Patient Railroad Traveler
Thomas Nast
March 14, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.628.2.A,.B
A Patient Railroad Traveler
Thomas Nast
March 14, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.628.3.A,.B
.A:  The Public Cursed Again by the Wicked Railroad Monopolies
Thomas Nast
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Wood engraving on newsprint
89.747.2.A,.B
All Hail and Farewell to the Pacific Railroad
Thomas Nast
July 10,1869
Wood engraving
89.499.1
All Hail and Farewell to the Pacific Railroad
Thomas Nast
July 10,1869
Wood engraving
89.499.2
The Root of the Matter
Thomas Nast
May 8, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.772.1.1
.A:  A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
Thomas Nast
May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.771.2.A-.C
Too Heavy a Load for the Trades-Unions
Thomas Nast
May 15, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.773.1
.A:  Highway Boycotting
Thomas Nast
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.1.A-.C
.A:  Between Two Fires
Thomas Nast
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.1.A-.D
.A:  The Chinese Puzzled
Thomas Nast
May 15, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.773.2.A-.C