The power behind the throne (1870) by Thomas Nast
The power behind the throne (1870) by Thomas Nast

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The power behind the throne (1870)

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Thomas Nast

Prints by Thomas Nast

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Carl is ‘disgusted with American politics’ (1872)

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The bar of destruction (1874)

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Love’s labour’s lost, Don Adriane de Armade and Moth

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An awful dose (1871)

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Too much of a good thing (1871)

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Notice — no cartoon this week. The news from Washington was too much for our artist (1874)

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Infanticide (1867)

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Reform is necessary in the foreign line (1877)

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Santa Claus’s mail (1871)

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Appomattox, April 9th, 1865 (1893)

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The god of trade tied up.

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The Army of the Potomac — ‘Little Mac’ making his rounds (1862)

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Genes in Machines, a 1982 National Institutes of Health lecture poster art print: soft red and blue organic shapes float on a bright yellow background above the title.
Images from the History of Medicine

National Institutes of Health Posters & Art Prints
Max Klinger art print, Abduction from A Glove: a winged, reptile-like creature flies out through a smashed window carrying off a woman’s long glove, as arms reach after it above a bed of pale flowers.
A Glove

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Mikuláš Galanda art print, Mother (Pink Madonna), 1933: a rounded, sculptural mother in soft pink and white holding her child close against a flat red background.
Galanda Mother 1933

Mikuláš Galanda: Paintings, Life & Art Prints
Max Beckmann art print, Self-Portrait with Champagne Glass: the painter in a dark dinner jacket at a bar table, holding a glass of champagne, his pale face set against warm red, orange and yellow, with a bottle and a second figure behind him.
Departure triptych

Max Beckmann: Paintings, Life & Art Prints
Mary Vaux Walcott art print, Showy Lady’s Slipper (Cypripedium reginae): a watercolor of tall leafy orchid stems with white petals and rounded pink-striped pouches above broad ribbed green leaves, painted life size on a pale grey sheet.
American botanical art

Mary Vaux Walcott: North American Wild Flowers Prints
Maurice Pillard Verneuil art print, Cygne sauvage: two white swans with arched necks on a yellow bank among reeds, with more swans gliding on a sage-green lake behind, from L’Animal dans la décoration (1897).
Art Nouveau patterns

Maurice Pillard Verneuil: Art Nouveau Designs & Art Prints