"Poor Ignorant Black Man" Wants to Know, and You Noble White Gentlemen Do Tell

Printmaker Thomas Nast (American, 1840–1902)

Mediumwood engraving

DimensionsImage: 13 3/8 × 9 1/8 in. (34 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 9 5/8 in. (37.5 × 24.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

DepartmentPrints

Credit LineSource Unknown

Accession NumberX1972.33

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