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Title
Cruelty
Names
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Animals -- Dolphin

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1885-06-06
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC ANI-Dol
Topics
Top hats
Animals in human situations
Dolphins
Men -- Clothing & dress -- 1880-1889
Whitney, William C. (William Collins), 1841-1904
Genres
Political cartoons
Periodical illustrations
Notes
Content: "'Dolphin: What! go to sea, Secretary Whitney! Why, that might make me seasick!'"--caption below title.
Source note: Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. New York : Harper' s Weekly Co., 1857-1916.
Physical Description
Extent: 30 x 22 cm (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Description
Cartoon satirizing the poor performance during sea trials of the USS Dolphin, one of four vessels ordered by Congress in 1883 to rebuild a United States Navy that was in disrepair. Secretary of the Navy William Whitney refused to accept the new ship, setting off a well-publicized political controversy and eventually driving the shipbuilder into bankruptcy.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17679160
Barcode: 33333159386974
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a2186950-c534-012f-8f22-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1840: Creator Born
  • 1885: Issued
  • 1902: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cruelty" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885-06-06. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4256-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Cruelty" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4256-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1885-06-06). Cruelty Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4256-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Cruelty