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Give Them an Inch and They'll Take An Ell (from Harper's Weekly June 8 1878)
Give Them an Inch and They'll Take An Ell (from Harper's Weekly June 8 1878)
Give Them an Inch and They'll Take An Ell (from Harper's Weekly June 8 1878)
Artist Thomas Nast (American, born London, 1840 - 1902)
Publisher Harper's Weekly, published by Harper & Brothers (American, 1857 - 1916)

Give Them an Inch and They'll Take An Ell (from Harper's Weekly June 8 1878)

Date1878
MediumWood engraving on paper
DimensionsSheet: 15 15/16 × 11 1/4 in. (40.5 × 28.6 cm)
Image: 13 5/8 × 9 1/4 in. (34.6 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; the Andrew Ladis and William Underwood Eiland Collection, Gift of William Underwood Eiland
Object number2018.23