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Always Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg (from Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1878)
Always Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg (from Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1878)
Always Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg (from Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1878)
Artist Thomas Nast (American, born London, 1840 - 1902)
Publisher Harper's Weekly, published by Harper & Brothers (American, 1857 - 1916)

Always Killing the Goose That Lays the Golden Egg (from Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1878)

Date1878
MediumWood engraving on paper
DimensionsImage: 10 3/4 × 9 1/8 in. (27.3 × 23.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 1/4 in. (40.3 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; the Andrew Ladis and William Underwood Eiland Collection, Gift of William Underwood Eiland
Object number2021.161