Thomas Nast Collection 1859-1890.

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Thomas Nast Collection 1859-1890.

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Consists of reproductions of wood engravings of caricatures and cartoons by Nast, as published in HARPER'S WEEKLY between 1859 and 1890. Also present are original drawings, photographs, and portraits. The wood engravings and drawings primarily concern the Civil War, Tammany Hall, and other post-war political issues. Included are the first representations of the Democratic donkey (1870) and the Republican elephant (1874), drawings of Santa Claus, the Tammany Tiger, Napoleon III, a Princeton-Yale football cartoon, and two self-portraits. In addition, there is an Ecuadoran newspaper obituary for Nast who died in that country in 1902.

ca. 400 items.

Princeton University Library

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Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902

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Cartoonist, artist, lecturer, and later diplomat; of Morristown, N.J.; died in Ecuador while he was serving as American consul-general. From the description of Papers, 1850s-1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70939185 German-born American cartoonist; contributed to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York Illustrated News, and Harper's Weekly; traveled to Europe in 1860; lived in New York City and Morristown, N.J.; appointed consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1902 where...