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Another "Federal Interference" The Struggle between Athena Hygeia and Yellow Jack

Artist Thomas Nast (American ; 1840-1902)
Maker/Publisher Harper's Weekly
Datepublished April 19, 1879
Mediumwood engraving on paper
DimensionsOverall: 23 1/8 x 16 1/2 in. (58.8 x 41.9 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PRINTS
Credit LineGift of Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast
Terms
  • political cartoon
  • current events
  • skeleton
  • allegorical figure
  • tombstone
Object number49.17.93
DescriptionThis cartoon is about the Yellow Fever epidemic of 1878, the worst case ever recorded in the Mississippi River Valley.
Inscribedin plate l.r.: Th:Nast
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