Tag: thomas nast
The doodler who defied crooks and democratized donkeys
There are few artist in America who so greatly affected the popular landscape as Thomas Nast who was born 170 years ago today. Jolly old St Nick? Not so jolly before the Harper’s Weekly cartoonist plumped him up. The Grand Old Party elephant? Popularized in 1874 by the staunch Republican when talk of a third term [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on September 27, 2010, under Uncategorized.
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