The drawing was by 22-year-old Thomas Nast, who was born in Germany and came to New York with his family at age 6. Nast said he based his Santa on a German version of Saint Nicholas, Pelze-Nicol.

Thomas Nast’s illustrations of Santa for ‘Harper’s Weekly’ shaped the Father Christmas we know today. ... Santa Claus. Nast first drew him for the January 3, 1863, ...

Cartoonist Thomas Nast first drew Santa Claus in January 1863, for Harper's Weekly. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929, via Metropolitan Museum of Art under CC 1.0 ...

Nast’s 1862 cartoon “Santa Claus in Camp” was his first image of Santa, and it appeared in Harper’s Weekly’s Christmas edition.Santa, perched on his sleigh and outfitted in a fur coat ...

Prior to Nast's drawings, Saint Nicolas and later Santa Claus, had been drawn as a tall, thin man. Beginning in the 1860s, at the height of the Civil War, Nast began drawing a series of Christmas ...

Yet the first images of Santa Claus looks little like the Santa we know today. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850.

Drawing upon Moore’s story, Thomas Nast, a well-known cartoonist in the mid-19th century, began to draw Santa Claus in a red suit with a long pipe and big grin during the Civil War.

Thomas Nast’s 1863 cover illustration for Harper’s Weekly is largely considered the first version of what today’s Santa Claus looks like: chubby, happy, and bearded. Odin, the Wanderer by ...

Santa Claus and Thomas Nast. Share full article. ANTHONY LUMLEY. June 4, 1904; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 4, 1904, Section BR, Page ...

Yet the first images of Santa Claus looks little like the Santa we know today. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850.

Yet the first images of Santa Claus looks little like the Santa we know today. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850. The family ...