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The Cat's-Paw, Any Thing to Get Chestnuts

A work made of lithograph on newsprint.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of lithograph on newsprint.

Date:

published July 18, 1892

Artist:

Thomas Nast
American, 1840-1902

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Thomas Nast

Title

The Cat's-Paw, Any Thing to Get Chestnuts

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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1892

Medium

Lithograph on newsprint

Dimensions

Primary support: 35.8 × 24.7 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Secondary support: 37.8 × 25.8 cm (14 15/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Nathalie Gookin

Reference Number

1938.235.56

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