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Thomas Nast|Jay Gould

Le Jeu Ne Vaut Pas La Chandelle (The Game is Not Worth a Candle)

1881–83
Wood engraving
23.9 × 28.4 cm (9.4 × 11.2 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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