The Return of Ulysses, Thomas Nast cartoon, Harper's Weekly 1879

A wood engraving on a printed page shows a man in a draped toga standing with bowed head, beside a seated bearded older figure holding a spear and shield. A helmeted woman in robes stands on a globe at right, raising an olive branch, while unrolled scrolls with handwritten lines lie on the ground in the foreground.

Artist

Thomas Nast

Date

1879

Medium

Wood engraving on paper

Source

Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)

Size

2858 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery