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"'Tis The Times' Plague, When Madmen Lead the Blind."-Shakespeare.

Artist Thomas Nast (American ; 1840-1902)
Maker/Publisher Harper's Weekly
DateJune 3, 1876
DimensionsOverall: 21 7/8 x 15 15/16 in. (55.5 x 40.5 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PRINTS
Credit LineGift of Irwin and Dianne Steinberg
Terms
  • political cartoon
  • allegorical figure
  • ravine
  • Zeus
  • blindness
  • justice
Object number99.1.268
Descriptionfrom "King Lear" by William Shakespeare (written ca. 1605-06)
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