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The Death-Bed Marriage

The Death-Bed Marriage
Artist
Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902
Publication
Harper's Weekly, active 1857 - 1916
Sitter
Horace Greeley, 3 Feb 1811 - 29 Nov 1872
Date
1872
Type
Print
Medium
Wood engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 23.5 × 37 cm (9 1/4 × 14 9/16")
Sheet: 28.5 × 40 cm (11 1/4 × 15 3/4")
Topic
Religious\Cross
Container\Box
Interior\Hospital room
Newspaper
Cartoon\Political
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bed\Hospital bed
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
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
S/NPG.76.18
Data Source
National Portrait Gallery
Location
Currently not on view