Thomas Nast

Artist's Biography

One and Inseparable. Capital Makes Labor, and Labor Makes Capital.

Wood engraving, 1878.
Image size 13 5/16 x 9" (33.9 x 22.9 cm).
Good condition, save a few repaired tearing in the outer upper margin. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 92257
Price: $55.00
Publisher : Published by Harper's Weekly. November 23, 1878. A blacksmith holds the hammer of "Labor," which he uses to forge the piece "Capital." This is a direct reference to the idea that honest work earns honest money. On the wall is a poster reading "Rally! All men who have property little or much and that do not care to give or share with their neighbors, who have less." In the background is a skeleton wearing a hat labeled "Dead Head." He stands under the archway of "'Workshop' Idleness. Old Harry" and holds a newspaper reading "Powder Magazine." This figure likely refers to the disenfranchised citizens who refuse to work and expect other, hard working citizens, to take care of them. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Caricatures and Satirical

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