DrawingsAmerican19th century

Great Britain and Russia in Confrontation over the City of Herat, Afghanistan ("The Fight's Off--(For the Present)")

1885

Artists

Thomas NastArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on tan wove card

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

23.7 x 38.5 cm (9 5/16 x 15 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Estate of Thomas Nast; to [Merwin-Clayton Sales Company, New York, New York, 29-20 February 1907, part of lot 377]. Eric Greenleaf, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2005.

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