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Thomas Nast
Thomas Nast

Thomas Nast

American, 1840-1902
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Thomas Nast was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was a critic of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic party political machine. Among his notable works were the creation of the modern version of Santa Claus (based on the traditional German figures of Sankt Nikolaus and Weihnachtsmann) and the political symbol of the elephant for the Republican Party (GOP).

Contrary to popular belief, Nast did not create Uncle Sam (the male personification of the United States Federal Government), Columbia (the female personification of American values), or the Democratic donkey, though he popularized those symbols by his artwork. Nast was associated with the magazine Harper's Weekly from 1859 to 1860 and from 1862 until 1886.

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Benjamin Butler as Pilgrim

Benjamin Butler as Pilgrim

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Between two evils

Between two evils (1874)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Birds of a feather

Birds of a feather (1892)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Bismarck putting it in his pipe to smoke

Bismarck putting it in his pipe to smoke (1882)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Boom!!! — so near, and yet so far

Boom!!! — so near, and yet so far (1880)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Brains for sale cheap as we have so much on hand

Brains for sale cheap as we have so much on hand (1885)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Bringing the thing home–(Dedicated to the Baltimore Convention)

Bringing the thing home–(Dedicated to the Baltimore Convention) (1872)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Bust portrait of man in Elizabethan costume

Bust portrait of man in Elizabethan costume

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Bust portrait of woman wearing hat and fur-collar coat

Bust portrait of woman wearing hat and fur-collar coat (1884)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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By inflation you will burst — let well enough alone, and don’t make it worse

By inflation you will burst — let well enough alone, and don’t make it worse (1873)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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By permission of their royal highnesses

By permission of their royal highnesses (1883)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Caricature self-portrait at easel

Caricature self-portrait at easel

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Carl is ‘disgusted with American politics’

Carl is ‘disgusted with American politics’ (1872)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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C’est la belle France — Das ist des Deutschen Vaterland

C’est la belle France — Das ist des Deutschen Vaterland (1871)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Christmas in camp

Christmas in camp

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Christmas, 1863

Christmas, 1863

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Church & state

Church & state (1870)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Church and state — no union upon any terms

Church and state — no union upon any terms (1871)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Circumstances alter cases

Circumstances alter cases (1872)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Closed on account of the expiration of the XLVIIth Congress. Point with pride to the tariff problem (unsolved).

Closed on account of the expiration of the XLVIIth Congress. Point with pride to the tariff problem (unsolved).

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Columbia lays aside her laurels to mourn at the burning of her birthplace

Columbia lays aside her laurels to mourn at the burning of her birthplace (1872)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Cronin ‘organized himself’ Sketched from descriptions of newspaper reporters

Cronin ‘organized himself’ Sketched from descriptions of newspaper reporters (1877)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Cronin ‘Organized Himself’

Cronin ‘Organized Himself’ (1877)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Cut behind! (All the world’s a stage)

Cut behind! (All the world’s a stage) (1874)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Dance to your daddy

Dance to your daddy (1878)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Decoration-Day, May 30, 1871

Decoration-Day, May 30, 1871

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Democratic badge

Democratic badge (1892)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Die wacht am Rhein

Die wacht am Rhein (1870)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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Dignity and impudence

Dignity and impudence (1868)

Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902)
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