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Thomas Nast is known as America’s best-ever political cartoonist. Here are 157 carefully selected cartoons to browse out of 1000 total cartoons in the book
German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in...
America's Most Influential Journalist and Premier Political Cartoonist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast (Harp Week Press, 2022). Barrett, Ross. "On Forgetting: Thomas Nast, the Middle Class, and the Visual Culture of the Draft Riots."
America’s best-ever political cartoonist is renowned for creating the Republican Elephant and popularizing the Democratic Donkey. He also created the modern images of Santa Claus and Uncle Sam, influenced five victorious Presidential elections, and satirically commented on seven administrations.
Jan 7, 2021 · Known as the father of political cartoons, no other artist wielded more power in influencing public opinion of the American political scene than Thomas Nast during the 19th century. Thomas Nast was born in Germany, and his family moved to New York City around the time he was six.
Thomas Nast, American cartoonist, best known for his attack on the political machine of William M. Tweed in New York City in the 1870s. From Nast’s pen came the Republican Party’s elephant, Tammany Hall’s tiger, and one of the most popular images of Santa Claus.
May 31, 2022 · Thomas Nast gleefully—and bravely—mocked the Tammany Hall boss in multiple cartoons, prompting newspapers and authorities to investigate.
The Third-Term Panic. Harper’s Weekly – November 7, 1874. The Republican Elephant. Nast created the Republican Elephant almost five years after his first depiction of the Democratic Donkey. At the time, and for seven cartoons afterward, it represented the Republican Vote, not the Republican Party.
Dr. Beth Harris: [0:04] We’re looking at an 1874 political cartoon by Thomas Nast. It doesn’t have an official title, but it’s often called “The Union as it Was” or “Worse Than Slavery.”
With a barbed wit and regular appearances in Harper's Weekly newspaper, Thomas Nast fathered the modern political cartoon. Earlier cartoons had relied on conversation or dialogue to make their point, but Nast emphasized the picture itself, using caricature and symbolism to convey his message.
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