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“Peevish School-boys, Worthless of Such Honor”
...Albert Bigelow Paine, his Republican targets were angry. Senator John Logan complained to Nast’s friend Norton Chipman: “Little Nast thinks he can teach statesmen how to run the government! Anybody...
A General Blow Up – Dead Asses Kicking a Live Lion
Harper’s Weekly – May 16, 1874 It took political courage to veto the Inflation Bill, so Nast’s depiction of President Ulysses Grant as a lion was apt. The Fine-Ass Committee...
Civil War
Contraband of War Painting – 1867 [Read More] The Grand Peace Overture to “Our Wayward Sisters” Phunny Phellow – August 1864 [Read More] Compromise with the South — Dedicated to...
The Same Old Christmas Story Over Again
...the fabled miniature characters were readily recognizable. Its level of detail and complexity mark The Same Old Christmas Story Over Again as one of the best non-political cartoons Nast ever...
The Economical Council, Albany, New York
...of bishops were identified on their miters or vestments. Their religious commandments written on the wall behind Tweed were: “Thou shalt steal, bear false witness, and vote often. They all...
The Power Behind the Throne
...Hoffman all had positive public images, while the press was largely controlled. Tammany excelled at keeping mouths and records closed, so meaningful information was hard to come by. In fact,...
Our Modern Falstaff Reviewing His Army
...the Ring, as a diminutive royal jester in front. (Falstaff was commissioned to raise an army for Shakespeare’s King Henry IV, but he allowed the able-bodied to bribe their way...
“That’s What’s the Matter”
Harper’s Weekly – October 7, 1871 After the polls closed and the ballot box shenanigans were complete, two canvassers in each district tallied the votes and forwarded the results to...
The New Board of Education
...books published by Tweed’s New York Printing Company. This would have cost Harper Brothers at least $50,000 annually if Tweed had not been overthrown. There was some internal debate, but...
The American River Ganges
Harper’s Weekly -September 30, 1871 At the height of the Tweed campaign, Nast launched one of his all-time best — some say also his most notorious — cartoons: The American...