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British Free Trade Scare

Artist Thomas Nast (American ; 1840-1902)
Date1888
Mediumpen and ink on illustration board
DimensionsOverall: 20 1/2 x 16 1/16 in. (52 x 40.8 cm)
Classification(s)
  • DRAWING
Credit LineGift of Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast
Terms
  • political cartoon
  • male figure
  • trade
  • Great Britain
  • braid
  • preliminary sketch
  • Benjamin Harrison
Object number49.17.4
Inscribedl.r. in ink: Th:Nast./ 1888.; u.l.: [embossed stamp]; verso c. in ink: A Substitute fro the Senate to get more votes!/ A big step in the direction toward pricing (?) up free trade queues,/ Showing unusual favoritism to the rich and throwing more stones/ to the poor, instead of the necessities of life./ The End of this Queue Farce.
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