Thomas Nast
.A: The Fight's Off (for the Present)

.A: The Fight's Off (for the Present)

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.A: The Fight's Off (for the Present)
ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
PublisherAmerican, 1857–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • .A: The Fight's Off (for the Present)
  • .B: The Late Major-General McDowell
  • .C: Edmund Jussen, U.S. Consul-General at Vienna
DateMay 16, 1885
Printed inUnited States
MediumWood engravings on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Fight's Off): 4 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (10.5 × 23.7 cm)
 Plate (.B, McDowell): 4 7/8 × 4 1/16 in. (12.4 × 10.3 cm)
 Plate(.C, Jussen): 5 3/16 × 4 5/16 in. (13.2 × 11 cm)
 Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 15/16 in. (41.3 × 27.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.760.1.A-.C
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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
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.A printed on the plate lower left: Th.Nast.

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