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Thomas Nast: Prince of Caricaturists

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  • Thomas Nast
  • Biography
  • Timeline
  • Portfolio
  • Bibliography
  • Teacher’s Guide
  • Thomas Nast
  • Biography
  • Timeline
  • Portfolio
  • Bibliography
  • Teacher’s Guide

Portfolio

  • “Third Round. First Knock Down for ‘The Boy’,” New York Illustrated News, May 11, 1860, cover.
  • “Santa Claus in Camp,” Harper’s Weekly, January 3, 1863, cover, p.8-9.
  • “Emancipation,” Harper’s Weekly, January 24, 1863, p.56-57.
  • “Compromise with the South,” Harper’s Weekly, September 3, 1864, p.572.
  • “The Sacrifice,” Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates: The Story of a Life in Holland, by Mary Mapes Dodge. New York : James O’Kane, 1865, opposite page 192.
  • “Pardon/Franchise,” Harper’s Weekly, August 5, 1865, p.488-489.
  • “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner,” Harper’s Weekly, November 20, 1869, p.745.
  • “The American River Ganges,” Harper’s Weekly, September 30, 1871, p.916.
  • “The Tammany Tiger Loose,” Harper’s Weekly, November 11, 1871, p.1056-1057.
  • “What Are You Laughing At? To the Victor Belong the Spoils,” Harper’s Weekly, November 25, 1871, cover.
  • “Statesmen, No. 118, ‘Anything to Beat Grant,'” Vanity Fair, July 20, 1872.
  • “The Ignorant Vote-Honors are Easy,” Harper’s Weekly, December 9, 1876, cover.
  • “The Off Year,” Harper’s Weekly, November17, 1877, cover.
  • “Merry Old Santa Claus,” Harper’s Weekly, January 1, 1881, p.8-9.
  • “Humors of the Great National Game,” Once a Week, July 15, 1893, cover.

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