The first sketches Thomas Nast made of Abraham Lincoln, who would go on to become one of the artist’s greatest subjects. The drawings, from 1861, were recently uncovered in an old scrapbook.

Thomas Nast was an American 19th Century artist who was born in 1840. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Fort Wayne Museum of Art have featured Thomas Nast's work in the past. Thomas Nast's ...

The Civil War provided the new outlets for American graphic art with their first great theme. And Thomas Nast had gifts of technique, imagination, and feeling powerful enough to reach and move the ...

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 ...

'Merry Christmas' by Thomas Nast appeared in Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1885 Cover Illustration Macculloch Hall Historical Museum Macculloch Hall Historical Museum presents a rare summertime look ...

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.

The name Thomas Nast may now be known now principally to those who do crossword puzzles — he’s the four-letter answer for “Boss Tweed’s foe” — but his works live on in American ...

Thomas Nast, “Santa Claus in Camp (from Harper’s Weekly)” (1863), wood engraving (all images courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art). These days, Santa sightings typically take place in ...

SHAPIRO: (Laughter) Thomas Nast's cartoons also reshaped the way we view Santa as a physical presence. Talk about how his drawings changed our perception of this character.

View full sizeIllustration by Thomas Nast In the sad tradition of forgetting history, the New Jersey Hall of Fame has listed 19th century political cartoonist Thomas Nast as a nominee for ...