Mr. Morse of Massachusetts,Congressman Elijah A. Morse,American Policitican,1890

Title: [Mr. Morse of Massachusetts]
Creator(s): Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist
Date Created/Published: 1890 May 25 [publication date]
Summary: Three-quarter length caricature of Congressman Elijah A. Morse.
Notes:
Inscribed on verso: An aerogonous, cryptogamous plant on Plymouth Rock.
No copyright information found with item.
Signed, lower right: Th: Nast.
Title from The Press (New York).
Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.477)
One of several drawings that accompanied an article in The Press about Nast and his art. The article follows Nast on a visit to Washington where he sketched various political figures. Morse was a four-term Republican Congressman from Massachusetts whom Nast encountered while being interviewed by The Press. The newspaper quotes Nast as saying that, 'Those [Morse's] whiskers are enough to make fame for the possessor.'
Published in: The Press (New York), May 25, 1890.
Exhibited: Library of Congress, 'Drawings of Nature and Circumstance,' 1979.
Subjects:
Morse, Elijah Adams,--1841-1898.
Legislators--United States--1890.
Caricatures--American--1890.
Drawings--American--1890.
Periodical illustrations--American--1890.
Bookmark /2009617076/
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