Palesan Un Popolo Ignoto – A Race Til Now Unheard Of
Reprint of a wood engraving originally published in a journal such as Harper's Weekly ca. 1870. Ulysses S. Grant is shown as a conquistador, with abolitionist Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) and Senator Charles Sumner (1851-1874) appearing at lower left dressed as natives. Refers to the effort led by Sumner to defeat Grant's proposed Santo Domingo Treaty of 1870, which would have annexed the Dominican Republic, then known by the name of its capital, Santo Domingo.
Artwork Details
- Title: Palesan Un Popolo Ignoto – A Race Til Now Unheard Of
- Artist: Thomas Nast (American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil)
- Subject: Ulysses S. Grant (American, Point Pleasant, Ohio 1822–1885 Mount McGregor, New York)
- Date: originally published ca. 1870
- Medium: Relief print and electrotype
- Dimensions: Image: 11 13/16 × 8 13/16 in. (30 × 22.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 5/16 × 11 13/16 in. (41.4 × 30 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast, 1933
- Object Number: 33.35.38
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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