Thomas Nast
A Group of Butternut Prisoners

A Group of Butternut Prisoners

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ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A Group of Butternut Prisoners
  • from Harper's Weekly, 25 April 1863
Date1863
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 9 1/16 × 13 3/4 in. (23 × 34.9 cm)
 Sheet: 11 × 15 13/16 in. (27.9 × 40.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.414.2
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Object Type
ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The Penand the Sword: Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast and the American Civil War" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston August 4, 1990 - February 3, 1991 Subsequent tour through

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
top left margin in pencil reading vertically "1-18-120"
printed bottom right corner on the plate "T Nast"

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