Thomas Nast
From the Monument

From the Monument

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • From the Monument
DateFebruary 21, 1885
Printed inUnited States
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsPlate : 10 3/16 × 7 3/8 in. (25.9 × 18.7 cm)
 Sheet: 16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.752.1
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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 left: Th.Nast.

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Thomas Nast
"Save Me from My Tobacco Partner"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.588.1
Will the Senator from Massachusetts This, to Make His Words Good?
Thomas Nast
Will the Senator from Massachusetts This, to Make His Words Good?
August 17, 1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.577.1
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Thomas Nast
"The Modern Mazeppa - 'What I Know about the Road from Cincinnati to ..'"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.567.2
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Thomas Nast
"The Last Shot of the Honorable Senator from Massachusetts. He Pulled the Long-Bow Once Too Often"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.570.1
The Promised Land, as Seen from the Dome of Saint Peter's Rome
Thomas Nast
The Promised Land, as Seen from the Dome of Saint Peter's Rome
October 1, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.538.1
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Thomas Nast
"Here" (New Hampshire Heard from)"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.558.3
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Thomas Nast
"Cincinnatus, H. G. the Farmer Receiving the Nominaton from H. G. the Editor"
1872
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.553
.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
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Thomas Nast
"Ignis Fatuus on the Jersey Swamps, as Seen from Trenton, N. J. / Now Sift it"
1878
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.680.3
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin
Thomas Nast
Moses Junior Viewing the Promised Land from Mount Ruin
July 25, 1874
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.645.1.3
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
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Thomas Nast
"A Bill to Remove the Police from the Polls"
1879
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.710.2.A,.B