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Thomas Nast

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Political cartoon: a bearded man with sword and a woman with a shield pierced by arrows, beside classical columns and a templ

Republic is Not Ungrateful

1861

Engraving of a hero standing before a goddess with a branch and shield, a sea god in a boat at left, and scrolls at right.

Return of Ulysses

1861

Engraving of a uniformed police chief helping a woman climb out of collapsed buildings near a Wall Street sign.

Out of the Ruins

1861

Engraved political cartoon of a Republican elephant tugging a plank that tips two men off a cliff toward the Capitol dome.

The "Third Term" Trap

1861

Hand-colored caricature of a bearded man in a rocking chair smoking a cigar, from Vanity Fair, June 1, 1872.

Captain, Tanner, Farmer, General, Impersonator

1861

Nast cartoon: a veteran on crutches and a boy present restoration bills to a heavyset official in a legislative chamber.

Let Us Have Complete Restoration

1870

Engraved Harper's Weekly page with a central masquerade ball scene and surrounding caricature portraits of public figures.

Grand Masquerade Ball

1861

Caricature of a stout man with wavy hair holding pince-nez, standing beside a wooden table with papers, colored print.

The Massive Grievance

1870

Engraving of a costumed figure in a Senate chamber looking at a seated Black senator at a desk, with a gallery of spectators

Time Works Wonders

1870

Thomas Nast 1880 cartoon Plumed Knight: caricature of a man in a long coat and plumed hat, surrounded by Blaine campaign slog

Plumed Knight

1880

Thomas Nast political cartoon showing a caricatured man opening a Star Chamber door with a People's message scroll.

Like Cromwell--Not "Like Charles the First,"--Mr. Edmunds!

1880

Engraved political cartoon of two men in feathered costume beside tepees and a campaign placard, by Thomas Nast, 1880.

The Smiths Give a Great Deal of Trouble

1880

Engraved cartoon of a man hammering a nail into a Public School System plank beside a woman and children at a school door.

The Plank - Hitting the Nail on the Head

1861

Caricature of two men in aprons shaking hands before a Democratic Fish Market sign, with ship masts behind, titled Why We Lau

Why We (Republicans) Laugh

1861

Engraved political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing a caricature head on a tall monument struck by lightning, 1880.

Boom!!!-So Near, And Yet So Far

1880

Engraved cartoon of a large elephant with a ballot box and banner, trampling a tiger with human heads, from Harper's Weekly.

The Elephant Walks Around

1870

Engraved caricature of a bearded man in an apron polishing a boot, with a woman watching in a doorway labeled Conkling & Plat

Out-"Shining" Everybody In Humiliation at Albany

1880

Engraving of a man in a top hat leaning over a pen to talk with a large pig, with satirical signs around them.

A Jewel Among Swine

1870

Harper's Weekly 1880 cartoon: a bearded man tips his hat to a woman holding a model ship labeled Full of Food for Ireland.

Beware of Foreign Tramps

1880

Political cartoon of caricatured men over newspapers, with a bowing figure holding a hat and a Republican platform banner.

Peevish School Boys, Worthless of Such Honor

1861

Archer, Nude Study

c. 1858

Ink sketch of a reclining man in a long coat with tousled hair, signed Th. Nast and dated October 17, 1901.

Signature, "TH. Nast, Oct. 17, 1901"

1901

Pencil caricature of a bearded man with tufted hair, huge curling beard and overcoat, one hand on hip.

Senator Dolph of Oregon (Joseph Norman Dolph)

ca. 1894

Allegorical woman with sword faces a tiger on the left and a vulture on the right, Harper's Weekly 1886 cartoon.

The Watch on Spoilers. The Democratic Tigers and Republian Vultures Must Be Kept at Bay

1886

Engraved cartoon of a dragon coiled around a decorated vase showing a flag, opium and business scenes, holding a New Treaty s

A Diplomatic (Chinese) Design Presented to U.S.

1881

Engraving of a crowned skeleton awarding a medal to the wreathed figure of Bacchus in a dim courtroom crowded with onlookers.

King Death's Distribution of Prizes. Bacchus Takes the First Premium

1870

Pen-and-ink cartoon of a helmeted military man standing on a map, with a robed Liberty figure and a domed capitol behind him.

Bismarck and Liberty

ca. 1885

Engraved caricature of a heavyset seated man surrounded by boots and objects, with ruins behind, from Harper's Weekly 1871.

"What Are You Laughing At? To the Victor Belong the Spoils" (from "Harper's Weekly," vol. 15, p. 1097)

November 25, 1871

Pencil sketch of a seated editor gesturing as a kneeling man sharpens a pencil beside a waste basket of papers.

Study for Cartoon, "Editor's Easy Chair"

1870