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Front cover of Harper's Weekly for December 2, 1876, featuring a self-portrait by illustrator Thomas Nast "No rest for the wicked - sentenced to more hard labor" Self-caricature of Thomas Nast sitting on floor... More
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Cover of Harper's Weekly Vol. XV. Issue 783. December 30, 1871. It portrays Santa Claus.
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January 3, 1863 cover of Harper's Weekly, one of the first depictions of Santa Claus
Our watering-places, views at Long Branch - Harper's Weekly 1865
OUR WATERING-PLACES—Views at Long Branch. Drawn by Thomas Nast. Harper's Weekly, 26 August 1865. Read Harper's weekly
Palm Sunday - Harper's Weekly 1865
Palm Sunday, by Thomas Nast. Harper's Weekly, 20 May 1865. Read Harper's weekly
Santa Claus 1863 Harpers
January 3, 1863 cover of Harper's Weekly, one of the first depictions of Santa Claus
Columbia lays aside her laurels to mourn at the burning of her birth-p...
Zoom into search/commonwealth:cj82m653z at http://maps.bpl.org. Author: Nast, Thomas Date: 1872 Location: Boston (Mass.) Dimensions: 41 x 28 cm. Call Number: AP2 .H32 v. 16 no. 831
1881 0101 tnast santa 200 - Public domain drawing
Thomas Nast's most famous drawing, "Merry Old Santa Claus", from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. Thomas Nast immortalized Santa Claus' current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue... More
Nast Santa cropped, 1881 - Public domain portrait drawing
Thomas Nast's most famous drawing, "Merry Old Santa Claus", from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. Thomas Nast immortalized Santa Claus' current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue... More
Nast Ignis Fatuus
A spectral White House, with the date 1880 in its pediment, rises out of a swamp on a night filled with bats and lit by a crescent moon.
Nast lampoons Woodhull - Public domain portrait engraving
Popular American cartoonist Thomas Nast lampoons Victoria Woodhull as "Mrs. Satan" in a full-page engraving for Harper's Weekly, 1872.
Social Science Solved by Thomas Nast in Harpers
Cartoon by Thomas Nast criticizing en:Kearnyism
Schurz in a Trash Receptacle
U.S. Senator Carl Schurz's head and shoulders stick out of a basket-weave trash receptacle; one of his arms sticks out indignantly to one side. A huge desk behind him and pairs of giant legs on either side of... More
Nast Mud on the White House
Lady Columbia points indignantly to some mud stains on the columns of the White House and delivers a lecture taken from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. Caption: Columbia. “O judgment, thou art fled to brutish be... More
Nast Greeley Grant
A frowning Horace Greeley wearing ermine robes holds an odd sort of spear in his right hand and a document which says "WHAT I KNOW ABOUT TWISTING. H.G." is sticking out of his left coat pocket. Ulysses S. Gra... More
Nast Grant
Lady U.S. shields Ulysses S. Grant from arrows shot at him with a shield labeled "Truth". Grant is clad like an ancient Roman senator and a similarly clad bust of Lincoln is behind him.
Schurz and Trumbull as Richard III and Gloucester
U.S. Senators Schurz and Trumbull (as Gloucester and Buckingham) play Act III, Scene VII from Shakespeare's play Richard III.
Schurz and German Vote
U.S. Senator Carl Schurz looks agonized. His shadow on a wall vaguely looks like a donkey. His top hat with a scarf in it sit on the ground. A poster on the wall says “THE GERMANS WILL VOTE AS THEY PLEASE T... More
Schurz Defeat of Liberal Republicans
Carl Schurz and other supporters of the Greeley-Gratz 1872 presidential ticket (August Belmont, Reuben Fenton, Lyman Trumbull, Thomas W. Tipton, and others, some running off in background) lie in an agonized h... More
Schurz Conspirators
In a scene out of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, conspiratorial U.S. Senators (from left) Carl Schurz, Reuben Fenton, unknown, Lyman Trumbull, Charles Sumner and Thomas W. Tipton gathered outside the White House... More
Schurz French Arms
Political cartoon by Thomas Nast (regarding the Senate investigation of sales of arms to France by the U.S. government) depicting a rifle exploding in U.S. Senator Carl Schurz's hands
Schurz and Nye
Carl Schurz, in his Richard III outfit, is sitting in his seat in the U.S. Senate. His neighbor, James W. Nye of Nevada in a jester's costume, stands behind his seat leaning on the back of it contemplating Sch... More
Schurz Germania
An offended Germany ignores Carl Schurz's insinuations that her friend the U.S. government violated neutral obligations by selling arms to France during the Franco-Prussian War.
Schurz German Vote 2
Carl Schurz indignantly faces up to a much larger and rotund gentleman representing the "German vote" who motions to his pocket, presumably to put Schurz in it.
Schurz Greeley Monkey
U.S. Senator Carl Schurz has a monkey, which looks like New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley, hoisted to his face, and he is looking it eye to eye. The monkey is attached by a line to a box (presumably an o... More
Schurz in Coffin
The outraged head, and shoulders with upraised arms, extend out of the top of an otherwise well sealed coffin with an inscription plate saying “LIBERAL CARL”
Schurz Mein Herz ist am Rhein
Uncle Sam, cigar in hand, stands speaking to a sullen Carl Schurz sitting at a square piano though turned away from the keyboard. The sheet music on the piano is entitled “Mein Herz ist am Rhein.”
Schurz Quijote
U.S. Senator Carl Schurz plunges into an abyss after a failed joust with a windmill. Senator Thomas W. Tipton, seated on a donkey, watches from the edge of the abyss in open-mouthed amazement.
Schurz Played Out
Caption:“PLAYED OUT!” Carl Schurz sits exhausted at the piano. Sheet music is on the piano and scattered about the floor, and the titles reflect the various projects Schurz has been involved in during his care... More
Nast asks Pardon
Thomas Nast bows low before the floor of the U.S. Senate. A group of caricatured senators stand to one side. Some senators hide their faces. Carl Schurz whispers to Reuben Fenton in the background.Caption: ... More
Schurz Tower
Full-length charicature of Carl Schurz with hands in his pocket, somewhat hunched forward and looking concerned. His long legs are emphasized. At the top of the cartoon is inscribed “CARL SCHURZ. THE BRAVE” ... More
Smell of Tammany
Uncle Sam holds his nose with one hand and an egg in the other which says "Address of the National Democratic Committee to the people of the United States. -- A. Schell." In the background is a sign which say... More
Tilden or Blood Compromise - Indeed!
Tilden or Blood Compromise - Indeed! Artist Thomas Nast, 27 Sep 1840 - 7 Dec 1902 Publication Harper's Weekly, active 1857 - 1916 Associated Person Samuel Jones Tilden, 9 Feb 1814 - 4 Aug 1886 Date 1877 Type P... More
Thomas Nast - Harper's Weekly cartoon re Hamburg Riot
Cartoon re: Hamburg Riot
Schurz Carpenter
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz, as a carpenter, indicates the Indian "Bureau" he has constructed. It seems a rather rickety construction job. Around are posted various notices about the work and ... More
Schurz and Sheridan and Red Man
An unhappy-looking Native American, with a sign hanging around his neck saying “THIS IS THE NOBLE RED MAN.” stands on a bureau with an unhappy expression on his face. On either side of him are doors. The lef... More
Schurz Corruption
Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz cleans out the Indian Bureau at the Department of the Interior.
Schurz Indian Bureau 2
A wooden bureau lies in a heap before a door, labeled “War Department,” and its horrified door knocker. One of the planks is inscribed “(LO) THE (POOR) INDIAN BUREAU.”
Schurz Have Patience With Indians
Schurz counsels a settler holding his head to be patient. A band of marauding Indians is riding off in the distance and the immediate neighborhood is devastated with destroyed buildings and murdered settlers ... More
Schurz Indian Bureau 1
A wooden bureau lies in a heap with a hatchet driven into the top. One of the planks is inscribed “(LO) THE (POOR) INDIAN BUREAU.”
Schurz Reid Duet
ex-U.S. Senator Carl Schurz is at a square piano, fingers on the keyboard, looking back toward his soloist, New York Tribune editor Whitelaw Reid who has a bow and violin in hand. Titles of two songs are visi... More
Nast Republican Elephant
"The Third-Term Panic", by Thomas Nast, originally published in en:Harper's Magazine 7 November 1874. English: A braying ass, in a lion's coat, and "N.Y. Herald" collar, frightening animals in the forest: a gi... More
Government of the City of New York - 1867 Cartoon
Political cartoon, "The Government of the City of New York; What That 'Ere Honorable Body Will Come To."Subtitle: "A chance to steal without the risk of the penitentiary."
Johnson President or King
Cartoon prior to the 1866 election. President Andrew Johnson (depicted as King), looks on as his Grand Vizier, Secretary of State William H. Seward, signals the execution of Johnson's opponent, Congressman Tha... More
Hiram Revels and Jefferson Davis
Hiram Revels takes a seat for Mississippi in the U.S. Senate amidst a contemplative group of other senators (l. to r. : Henry Wilson, Oliver Morton, Carl Schurz and Charles Sumner) while Jefferson Davis, the f... More
Belmont Snipe Hunt
August Belmont, with a rifle to his shoulder, appears on the banks of a pond where five snipes are feeding. The snipes have the heads of Liberal Republicans (from left to right) Horace Greeley, Carl Schurz, R... More
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Impeachment-related political cartoon
Columbia between thieves and scandal (Nast cartoon, 1872)
Columbia (female personification of the USA) stands before a wall separating two groups. On the left is Boss Tweed reaching into a bag with three companions standing beside him: an arch behind is labeled "SCH... More
Nast, Thomas (1867-03-23). Southern Justice . Harper's Weekly combined
Nast, Thomas (1867-03-23). "Southern Justice". Harper's Weekly
Cincinnati Convention of Liberal Republicans
Horace Greeley stands on a chair addressing the other members of the Cincinnati Convention of the Liberal Republicans. Their names are inscribed on papers before each of them. Clockwise from Greeley, they ar... More
Conkling vs Trumbull
A sword fight between U.S. Senators Roscoe Conkling and Lyman Trumbull. Both are in Scottish garb and brandishing swords labeled "Investigation". It is a scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth with Conkling as Mac... More
Schurz Gratz Brown
U.S. Senator Carl Schurz looks to take his Senate seat and finds a paper with Gratz Brown's name on it there. He has a bag with a tag that says "Off For Chicago."
Schurz Confronts Indians
Carl Schurz stands confronting a small band of Indians who are collectively saying "More." A note in the upper left-hand corner says “ORDERS FROM SCHURZ. The appropriations of Congress for the White River Ut... More
Schurz Departing Interior Department
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz is putting on his coat as he prepares to leave the Interior Department for good. The Indian "Bureau" is in ruins. Notices on the walls comment on his progress durin... More
Harper's Weekly cartoon about 1882 Spuyten Duyvil train wreck
1882 Harper's Weekly cartoon by Thomas Nast commenting on reports that a recent deadly train wreck was in part the result of one of a group of drunken politicians on board pulling the emergency brake because th... More
Senatorial Round House by Thomas Nast 1886
"Senatorial Round House" Engraving by Thomas Nast (1840-1902)
Barkis Trumbull
U.S. Senator Lyman Trumbull stands with his back to the viewer with "Barkis is willin'" (from Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield) written on his back. Beside him are a hatful of nominations he would lik... More
Schurz Greeley Joker
Liberal Republican Carl Schurz covers a smirk on his face as he holds out a joker head (Horace Greeley's caricature) to Columbia (female personification of the United States). A group of others (Boss Tweed, A... More
Schurz Senate Exit
U.S. ex-Senator from Missouri Carl Schurz tips his hat to a womanly representation of the United States on his way out of the Senate chambers. Reuben Fenton, ex-Senator from New York, is seen exiting from the... More
A republican form of government and no domestic violence
a political cartoon about the (Wheeler) Compromise in Louisiana
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Thomas Nast immortalized Santa Claus with an illustration for the January 3, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly The first Santa Claus appeared as a small part of a large illustration titled "A Christmas Furlough" i... More
Caricature, Democraticjackass, public domain cartoon image
Nast cartoon of Democratic donkey, from "Harper's Weekly", January 19th 1870. Rearing donkey labelled "Copperhead Papers" kicks lion labelled "Hon. E.M. Stanton". Caption: "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion. A... More
Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner (November 1869), by Thomas Nast
Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving Dinner (November 1869), by Thomas Nast.
American river Ganges crop
"Roman Catholic clergy as crocodiles invading America's shore to devour the nation's schoolchildren--white, black, American Indian, and Chinese. (The white children are prominent in front, the rest are in the... More
American river Ganges - A drawing of a man standing next to a crocodil...
"Roman Catholic clergy as crocodiles invading America's shore to devour the nation's schoolchildren--white, black, American Indian, and Chinese. (The white children are prominent in front, the rest are in the... More
Caricature, Boss Tweed, Nast, public domain cartoon image
Caricature of Boss Tweed and election fraud by en:Thomas Nast. Includes three quotes: In counting there is strength That's what's the matter As long as I count the Votes, what are you going to do about it? Say?
Caricature, Carpetbagger, public domain cartoon image
Harper's Weekly cartoon depiction of Carpetbagger used in article Carpetbagger - (kẻ gói thảm hoặc kẻ ôm túi từ Bắc vào Nam Hoa Kỳ)
Grant asks Schurz to play on a Flute
With a caption taken from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, seated in his throne, asks a skeptical Senator Carl Schurz (with a concerned Senator Thomas W. Tipton standing beside him) ... More
Grant Blown on by a Cabal of Senators
U.S. Senators (left to right) Reuben Fenton, Lyman Trumbull, Thomas W. Tipton (above) Carl Schurz (below) and Charles Sumner vigorously but fruitlessly try to blow over President Grant who is unconcernedly sit... More
Caricature, Grant Civil Service Reform, public domain cartoon image
U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant serves a childish-looking and truculently reluctant U.S. Senator Carl Schurz a spoon of gruel out of a bowl labelled "Civil Service Reform." Nauseous-looking Senator Lyman Trumb... More
Caricature, Grant Inflation Bill Veto, public domain cartoon image
U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant on a platform is congratulated boisterously by an audience below of Carl Schurz, Whitelaw Reid and a spectrum of other men for vetoing the "inflation bill".
Caricature, Grant Liberal Gratitude, public domain cartoon image
U.S. President Grant, at the helm of a ship, is surrounded by a mutinous crew consisting of presidential candidate Horace Greeley and U. S. Senators Carl Schurz, Thomas W. Tipton, Lyman Trumbull and Reuben Fenton.
Caricature, Greeley Cincinnatus, public domain cartoon image
Horace Greeley as farmer receiving from himself as newspaper editor the Republican and Democratic nominations for president. Carl Schurz, Reuben Fenton and Jay Gould look on.
Caricature, Johnchinaman, public domain cartoon image
Cartoon by Thomas Nast. A Matter of Taste", published March 15, 1879 (seen at right), John Confucius expresses disapproval of Senator James G. Blaine for his support of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Blaine is sho... More
Liberal Thomas W Tipton
A raving U.S. Senator Thomas W. Tipton is at his Senate desk with a stunned colleague looking on at his outburst. Lettering in the cartoon says "The Liberal Tipton."
Merry Christmas to All, by Thomas Nast
“Merry Christmas to All” Harper’s Weekly, December 29, 1865
Caricature, ModernSamson, public domain cartoon image
Thomas Nast's cartoon "The Modern Samson," 1868. Shows the Delilah of "Southern Democracy" (i.e. the southern Democratic party) at right displaying the cut hair of "Suffrage" to the approaching Philistines at... More
Caricature, Nast Thomas Tipton, public domain cartoon image
Senator Thomas W. Tipton speaks out wildly from his desk in the U.S. Senate chambers while a stunned colleague looks on. A hand-lettered inscription in the upper right reads "The Liberal Tipton".
Caricature, Nast vs Greeley, public domain cartoon image
Thomas Nast cartoon ridicules Horace Greeley as traitor Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Schurz and Sumner as Mephistopheles and Faust
Carl Schurz as Mephistopheles from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's dramatic poem Faust leans over Charles Sumner as Faust and points to the alluring Lady USA in the background. In their roles as U.S. Senators th... More
Caricature, Schurz as Iago, public domain cartoon image
Carl Schurz as Iago from Shakespeare's play Othello, amidst his co-conspirators, prepares to enter the limelight.
Caricature, Schurz and Sumner Cooking, public domain cartoon image
Charles Sumner at the stove warming up some old hash while fellow cook Carl Schurz looks on and John A. Logan looks on and holds his nose.
Caricature, Sumner Lion, public domain cartoon image
Charles Sumner puts his head in the gaping mouth of a lion while holding papers relating to the investigation that U.S. violated its neutral obligations by selling arms to France during the Franco-Prussian War... More
Caricature, Sumner Bully Brooks, public domain cartoon image
Charles Sumner kneels over the grave of his erstwhile assailant Bully Brooks to place flowers on it. Carl Schurz looks out at him from behind a tree in the background. Caption: WILL THE SENATOR FROM MASSACHU... More
Caricature, Tweed-le-de-n-Tilden-dum, public domain cartoon image
Cartoon of William Tweed by Thomas Nast. Tweed-le-dee and Tilden-dum A Harper's Weekly cartoon depicts Tweed as a police officer saying to two boys, "If all the people want is to have somebody arrested, I'll... More
Merry Old Santa - Public domain weapon drawing
Thomas Nast's most famous drawing, "Merry Old Santa Claus", from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. Thomas Nast immortalized Santa Claus' current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue... More
Santa's Portrait TNast 1881 - Public domain portrait engraving
Portrait of Santa Claus, by Thomas Nast, Published in Harper's Weekly, 1881Pages that link to this image
"This is a White Man's Government!" (September 1868), by Thomas Nast
'This is a White Man's Government!' (September 1868), 'Harper's Weekly' Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Rebel Guerrilla Raid In A Western Town (1862), by Thomas Nast
A Rebel Guerrilla Raid In A Western Town (1862), by Thomas Nast
Bergh-Darwin - Drawing. Public domain image.
"Mr. Bergh to the Rescue" (1871), by Thomas Nast. From Harper's Weekly, August 19, 1871. Depicts a crying Gorilla who complains that Charles Darwin has claimed to be his descendant, causing Henry Bergh, founde... More
Both Sides of the Question (1868), by Thomas Nast
Both Sides of the Question (1868), by Thomas Nast Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Leaders of the Democratic Party (1868), by Thomas Nast
Leaders of the Democratic Party (1868), by Thomas Nast Public domain reproduction of political cartoon, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Matched (1868), by Thomas Nast - Drawing. Public domain image.
Matched (1868), by Thomas Nast
Nast's Portrait of "Dick" Connolly
Français : Nast's Portrait of "Dick" Connolly (Harper's Weekly, August 26, 1871)
President Lincoln Entering Richmond (April 1865)
President Lincoln Entering Richmond (April 1865). Abraham Lincoln and Emancipated Slaves, April 1865. Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate Capitol fell on April 3, 1865. The following day, April 4, 1865, Presid... More
The Chicago Platform (1864), by Thomas Nast
"The Chicago Platform: Union Failures" (1864), by Thomas Nast. From Harper's Weekly, October 15, 1864.
The Chinese Question (February 1871), by Thomas Nast
The Chinese Question (February 1871) Public domain photograph - Chinese people, China history, government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Unconditional Surrender Grant (1868), by Thomas Nast
Unconditional Surrender Grant (1868), by Thomas Nast Public domain photograph related to Confederate States of America, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl ... More