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Artist
Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902
Publication
Vanity Fair, active 1914 - 1936
Sitter
Horace Greeley, 3 Feb 1811 - 29 Nov 1872
Date
1872
Type
Drawing
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.7 × 18.5 cm (12 1/16 × 7 5/16")
Mount: 54 × 35.7 cm (21 1/4 × 14 1/16")
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Hat
Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
Printed Material\Newspaper
Caricature
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Horace Greeley: Male
Horace Greeley: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher
Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
Horace Greeley: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
Horace Greeley: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Trustees, National Portrait Gallery, London