"In Time All the World Likely to be Cossack or All Republican" – Napoleon I (published in "Time")
originally published 1889–90
Medium
Relief print and electrotype
Dimensions
Image: 11 1/8 × 17 5/16 in. (28.2 × 43.9 cm) Sheet: 14 3/4 × 19 3/16 in. (37.4 × 48.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast, 1933
Accession Number
33.35.209
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking political cartoon, titled *"In Time All the World Likely to be Cossack or All Republican" – Napoleon I*, was originally published in *Time* magazine between 1889 and 1890. Created by the Time Publishing Co. in collaboration with renowned caricaturist Thomas Nast and editor Charles Anderson Dana, it exemplifies the era's booming tradition of satirical prints. Nast, famous for his Harper's Weekly illustrations that shaped American political iconography—like the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey—brings his sharp wit to this relief print and electrotype, a durable metal repro...
About the Artist
Time Publishing Co.|Thomas Nast|Charles Anderson Dana (American|American, born Germany|American) · 1889 |1840 |1819 –1890 |1902 |1897
American, active 1889–90|American (born Germany), Landau 1840–1902 Guayaquil|American, 1819–1897