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 ...

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 ...

Renowned cartoonist Thomas Nast’s first rough sketches of Abraham Lincoln were recently uncovered at the John Hay Library by Edward Widmer, a historian, librarian and the former director of the John ...

Thomas Nast and The Democratic Party Thomas Nast was born in Germany and immigrated to America with his family when he was six years old. Nast was reportedly a poor student in all topics but art.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thomas Nast's racist cartoon depicting the Irish as ape-likeFor decades, Victor Navasky has been at the forefront of political journalism For nearly 20 years he was the editor, and later publisher ...