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The Attack on the "Home Guard"

Thomas Nast American, born Germany
Publisher Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives American
1864
Not on view
Children playing in a garden: A dog attacks the pant leg of young boy (dressed in Civil War era Zouave uniform) who runs towards a young girl wearing a pink dress; another boy holding a bayonet-tipped rifle pokes the weapon at the dog's mouth to try to loosen its grip. Behind the boy with the rifle, another boy holding a small United States flag laughs at the scene, while to the left of him, a younger girl cowers behind the porch railing. At right, a wooden dog house is backed up against a wooden wall, upon which hangs a leafy vine and a watering can.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Attack on the "Home Guard"
  • Artist: Thomas Nast (American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil)
  • Publisher: Lithographed and published by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907)
  • Date: 1864
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 16 1/8 × 20 1/16 in. (41 × 51 cm)
    Sheet: 17 11/16 × 20 1/2 in. (45 × 52.1 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Adele S. Colgate, 1962
  • Object Number: 63.550.508
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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