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A live jackass kicking a dead lion.
1870
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 01/GC002/Box 04/Normal/Harper's Weekly (1870) GA 2008.01326
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1870/01/15.
- People
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- Author
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869—Caricatures and cartoons
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Copperhead movement—Caricatures and cartoons
- Donkeys—United States—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lion—United States—Caricatures and cartoons
- Democratic Party (U.S.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Symbolism in art
- Anthropomorphism in art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- A live jackass kicking a dead lion.
- Call Number
- E South 01/GC002/Box 04/Normal/Harper's Weekly (1870) GA 2008.01326
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/gb19f595h
- Publisher
- New York : [s.n.], 1870/01/15.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1870
- Extent
- 1 item ; print 11.5 x 11.5 cm. sheet 39 x 28.8 cm.
- References
- Paine, Albert Bigelow. Th. Nast, His Period and His Pictures. New York: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904, pp. 146-147.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Wood engravings
- Item description: Includes Nasts' first usage of donkey as symbol for Democratic Party.
- Signed in block, lower left: "Th: Nast".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Political cartoons—United States—19th century
- Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869—Caricatures and cartoons
- Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens
- United States—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Copperhead movement—Caricatures and cartoons
- Donkeys—United States—Caricatures and cartoons
- Lion—United States—Caricatures and cartoons
- Democratic Party (U.S.)—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Symbolism in art
- Anthropomorphism in art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/dcfbbf29-2762-4069-a092-6a890adc50d4/manifest