Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A group of vultures waiting for the storm to "blow over" -- "let us prey".
Call Number
E South 01/GC002/Box 07/Normal/Harper's Weekly (1871/09/17-1871/11/11) GA 2008.01400
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/mk61rh09n
Publisher
New York : [s.n.], 1871/09/23.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1871
Extent
1 item ; print 35.2 x 23.3 cm. sheet 40.3 x 28.7 cm.
References
Keller, Morton. The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968, p. 180, plate 123.
Paine, Albert Bigelow. Th. Nast, His Period and His Pictures. New York: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904, pp. 185-186.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Wood engravings
Signed in block, lower left: "Th: Nast".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Political cartoons—United States—19th century
Political corruption—New York (State)—New York—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878—Caricatures and cartoons
Tweed Ring—Caricatures and cartoons
Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
New York (N.Y.)—History—18651898—Caricatures and cartoons
Sweeny, Peter B. (Peter Barr), 1825-1911—Caricatures and cartoons
Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8751f78e-d9fb-4475-8944-c96c2ef9102e/manifest