Thomas Nast
The Nightly Conflagration

The Nightly Conflagration

Public Domain

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • The Nightly Conflagration
  • The Warning
  • A Night on the Porch
  • from Harper's Weekly, 1866
Date1866
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate (.A): 3 7/16 × 2 3/16 in. (8.7 × 5.6 cm)
 Plate (.B): 6 7/8 × 4 1/4 in. (17.5 × 10.8 cm)
 Plate (.C): 6 13/16 × 4 1/4 in. (17.3 × 10.8 cm)
 Sheet: 15 11/16 × 10 1/2 in. (39.8 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.455.A-.C
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Object Type
ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plate .A bottom right "T.N.", .B bottom right "Th.Nast", .C bottom right "Th.Nast"

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The Root of the Matter
Thomas Nast
The Root of the Matter
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
.A: A Boy-Cott Is a Red Hot Bed of Rebellion against Our American Institutions
May 1, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.771.2.A-.C
Too Heavy a Load for the Trades-Unions
Thomas Nast
Too Heavy a Load for the Trades-Unions
May 15, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.773.1
.A: Highway Boycotting
Thomas Nast
.A: Highway Boycotting
May 8, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.772.2.1.A-.C
.A: Between Two Fires
Thomas Nast
.A: Between Two Fires
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.1.A-.D
.A: The Chinese Puzzled
Thomas Nast
.A: The Chinese Puzzled
May 15, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.773.2.A-.C
.A: When His Skin Is Not in Danger
Thomas Nast
.A: When His Skin Is Not in Danger
May 22, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.774.2.A-.C
Roman Catholics Disgracing Themselves
Thomas Nast
Roman Catholics Disgracing Themselves
May 7, 1870
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.524.2
Oliver Cromwell and Charles I
Thomas Nast
Oliver Cromwell and Charles I
May 1, 1886
Wood engraving on newsprint
89.771.1
.A: 'Tis Logan That Is Gently Tapping, Rapping at the Secret Chamber Door
Thomas Nast
.A: 'Tis Logan That Is Gently Tapping, Rapping at the Secret Chamber Door
April 3, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.769.A-.C
.A: Our Legislative Code of Arms
Thomas Nast
.A: Our Legislative Code of Arms
February 6,1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.768.2.1.A-.C
.A: The Chivalry of Modern Knights
Thomas Nast
.A: The Chivalry of Modern Knights
April 24, 1886
Wood engravings on newsprint
89.770.1.A-.C