["Tammany Hall is going to the inauguration." News. They can't help...

CALL NUMBER:SWANN - no. 143 (A size) (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-85435 (b&w film copy neg.)

SUMMARY:Tammany boss Honest John Kelly leads a parade of men who carry a banner that reads, "Tammany Hall. ''This Is Our Funeral''." Kelly leans on a cane and wears a shoulder sling for an injured arm. One eye is covered with a patch. The crowd waves their hats at the Tammany Hall crew.

MEDIUM:1 drawing : India ink over pencil on bristol board ; 24 x 20 cm. (sheet)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:1885 Feb. 21 [publication date]

CREATOR:

Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist.

NOTES:

Title from Harper''s weekly.

The far right margin of the drawing is torn off.

Signed, lower right: Th: Na[st].

Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1977; (DLC/PP-1977:215.233)

In 1884, Tammany Hall, led by Boss "Honest John" Kelly, vehemently opposed the

Published in: Harper''s Weekly, February 21, 1885; Th. Nast; His Period and his Pictures / by Albert Bigelow Paine. New York: Macmillan Co., 1904.

Exhibit loan 4207-L.

SUBJECTS:

Kelly, John, 1821-1886.
Tammany Hall--People--1880-1890.
Parades & processions--1880-1890.

FORMAT:

Periodical illustrations American 1880-1890.
Editorial cartoons American 1880-1890.
Drawings American 1880-1890.

PART OF:Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection of Caricature & Cartoon (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b31963

CONTROL #:swa1994001424/PP

Pop Art Machine Code: cph-3b30000-3b31000-3b31900-3b31963


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