Artworks · Thomas Nast

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

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

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

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

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

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

On the Red Danube - "Bless You, My Children!"

1877 · wood engraving in black on newsprint, two-page centerfold

image: 50.96 × 34.45 cm (20 1/16 × 13 9/16 in.) sheet: 55.25 × 39.69 cm (21 3/4 × 15 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sheet of Sketches: Soldier on Horseback and Soldier with Sabre Conduting Prisoner (recto); Sheet of Sketches (verso)

1876 · Pen and black ink (recto) and graphite (verso) on ivory laid paper

19.7 × 26.4 cm (7 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Drop 'Em

1872 · Lithograph on newsprint

12.4 × 11.8 cm (4 15/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1872 · color lithograph

Sheet: 35.6 x 33.1 cm (14 x 13 1/16 in.); Border: 30.3 x 19.1 cm (11 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Vanity Fair: Statesman, No. 118 "Anything to Beat Grant"

1872 · color lithograph

Sheet: 35.6 x 22.9 cm (14 x 9 in.); Image: 31 x 18.4 cm (12 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Arlington Heights. Die Wacht. Am Potomac.

1871 · wood engraving in black on newsprint

image: 34.61 × 23.18 cm (13 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.) sheet: 40.96 × 28.26 cm (16 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

We Know Nothing about the Stolen Vouchers

1871 · Lithograph in black on newsprint

Plate: 27.8 × 23.8 cm (11 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 37.7 × 26 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

King Death's Distribution of Prizes. Bacchus Takes the First Premium.

1870 · wood engraving in black on newsprint

sheet: 40.01 × 28.26 cm (15 3/4 × 11 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sheet of Sketches: The Power of the Catholic Priests (recto); Sheet of Sketches (verso)

1868 · Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory laid paper

17 × 14.9 cm (6 3/4 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Why He Cannot Sleep

1866 · wood engraving in black on newsprint

image: 35.24 × 23.5 cm (13 7/8 × 9 1/4 in.) sheet: 40.64 × 28.58 cm (16 × 11 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Santa Claus in Camp (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863)

1863 · Relief print and electrotype

Image: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.1 cm) Sheet: 17 1/4 × 14 1/8 in. (43.8 × 35.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Christmas Eve (published "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1863)

1863 · Relief print and electrotype

Image: 13 9/16 × 20 1/2 in. (34.4 × 52 cm) Sheet: 17 1/16 × 23 9/16 in. (43.4 × 59.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Rebel Army Crossing the Fords of the Potomac for the Invasion of Maryland, from Harper's Weekly, September 27, 1862

1862 · wood engraving on paper

9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (23.2 x 34.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Night Scene (recto); Sketches for a Folding Easel (verso)

1860 · Pen and black ink (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper

24.8 × 20.3 cm (9 13/16 × 8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sheet of Sketches: Sailors Aboard Ship Looking Toward Land (recto); Sheet of Sketches: Landscape and Battle Between an Angel and a Warrior (verso)

1860 · Graphite (recto and verso) on ivory wove paper

35.4 × 52 cm (13 15/16 × 20 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Woman and Boy Searching Rubbish Box (recto); Interior with Windows (verso)

1860 · Graphite with smudging (recto) and graphite (verso) on ivory wove paper

16 × 13.1 cm (6 5/16 × 5 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study: War with England

1860 · Pen and black ink with scraping, on cream wood-pulp laminate board

54.1 × 41.5 cm (21 5/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Archer, Nude Study

1858 · charcoal and black chalk heightened with white gouache on brown wove paper

sheet: 63.4 × 45.6 cm (24 15/16 × 17 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Can the Law Reach Him?

1801 · Lithograph on newsprint

Primary support: 36.1 × 24 cm (14 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 37.7 × 26 cm (14 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Viking

 

Smithsonian American Art Museum