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Thomas Nast

American, 1840–1902

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WikidataQ214957

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American Battle Painting 1776�1918

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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3 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy + Duplicate Merge· 85%✓
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Death yearDuplicate Merge· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Ai Generated· 88%

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (47)

Signature, "TH. Nast, Oct. 17, 1901"

1901 · pen and brown ink on back of a Union League Club card

sheet: 8.3 × 14 cm (3 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Reproduction of a photograph of Thomas Nast

1896 · Photomechanical reproduction

Image: 7 1/16 × 4 7/8 in. (17.9 × 12.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Cat's-Paw, Any Thing to Get Chestnuts

1892 · Lithograph on newsprint

Primary support: 35.8 × 24.7 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 37.8 × 25.8 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Their Coat of Arms

1889 · Lithograph on newsprint

30.2 × 21.9 cm (11 15/16 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Watch on Spoilers. The Democratic Tigers and Republian Vultures Must Be Kept at Bay.

1886 · wood engraving in black on newsprint

sheet: 40.64 × 28.26 cm (16 × 11 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Self-Portrait

1884 · etching

image: 360 x 284 mm sheet: 520 x 394 mm

National Gallery of Art

Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Sarah Edwards Nast

1884 · etching

image: 360 x 280 mm sheet: 515 x 394 mm

National Gallery of Art

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Three-quarter Length Portrait of Thomas Nast Holding Palette and Brush

1883 · Photograph

Sheet: 5 7/16 × 3 5/8 in. (13.8 × 9.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Full-length Portrait of Thomas Nast with Two Caricatures

1883 · Photograph

Sheet: 5 7/16 × 3 5/8 in. (13.8 × 9.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Full-length Portrait of Thomas Nast with a Group of Caricatures

1883 · Photograph

Sheet: 5 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (13.2 × 19.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bust-length Portrait of Thomas Nast

1883 · Photograph

Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 1/2 in. (18.4 × 11.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sketch for Medal for the Chicago World's Fair (recto), and Figure with Tree Roots (verso)

1882 · Pen and black ink, over graphite, with scraping, on ivory wove card, laid down on ivory wove card, laid down on ivory wood-pulp laminate board (recto), and pen and black ink and gray wash on ivory wood-pulp laminate board (verso)

13 × 13.1 cm (5 1/8 × 5 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Diplomatic (Chinese) Design Presented to U.S.

1881 · wood engraving in black on newsprint

sheet: 40.32 × 28.58 cm (15 7/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)

1880 · Relief print and electrotype

Image: 11 in. × 9 3/16 in. (28 × 23.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)

1880 · Relief print and electrotype

Image: 11 in. × 9 3/16 in. (28 × 23.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Bismarck and Liberty

1880 · Pen and ink

sheet: 18 15/16 x 16 in. (48.1 x 40.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)

1880 · Relief print and electrotype

Image: 11 in. × 9 3/16 in. (28 × 23.4 cm) Sheet: 14 13/16 × 13 3/8 in. (37.6 × 34 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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A Stocking Full (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 4, 1879)

1879 · Relief print and electrotype

Sheet: 8 7/8 × 8 3/8 in. (22.5 × 21.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Santa Claus and Little Bo Peep (published in "Harper's Young People," December 23, 1879)

1879 · Relief print and electrotype

Sheet: 11 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (28.2 × 23.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Santa Claus and Little Bo Peep (published in "Harper's Young People," December 23, 1879)

1879 · Relief print and electrotype

Sheet: 11 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (28.2 × 23.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Stocking Full (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 4, 1879)

1879 · Relief print and electrotype

Sheet: 8 7/8 × 8 3/8 in. (22.5 × 21.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The "Internationalists" Are to Make the World All One Millennium - (Chaos)

1878 · wood engraving in black on newsprint

image: 27.94 × 23.5 cm (11 × 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 41.59 × 29.85 cm (16 3/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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The Slave of Fashion (published in "Harper's Bazar," April 20, 1878)

1878 · Relief print and electrotype

Image: 13 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (34 × 23 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Slave of Fashion (published in "Harper's Bazar," April 20, 1878)

1878 · Relief print and electrotype

Image: 13 3/8 × 9 1/16 in. (34 × 23 cm) Sheet: 18 7/16 × 14 1/8 in. (46.8 × 35.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (5)

47 published of 47 catalogued · 33 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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Nga
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 113 "The Massive Grievance"
1872 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 118 "Anything to Beat Grant"
1872 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Smithsonian Institution

Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 113 "The Massive Grievance" (1872)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization, Volume VII For the Year 1863 (1863)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition American Battle Painting 1776�1918

New York · 1944