Thomas Nast
.A: Our Legislative Code of Arms

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • .A: Our Legislative Code of Arms
  • .B: Our Dead-Head Legislature
  • .C: The Last Roll
DateFebruary 6,1886
Printed inUnited States
MediumWood engravings on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, Code of Arms): 4 3/16 × 4 9/16 in. (10.6 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.B, Dead-Head Legislature): 4 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.4 × 11.4 cm)
Plate (.C, Last Roll): 4 9/16 × 4 1/2 in. (11.6 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (41.9 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.768.2.1.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.
.B and.C printed on the plates lower left: Th.Nast.

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