Thomas Nast and the Election of U.S. Grant

[PatYoung]

I have repackaged some of my research on Thomas Nast into a post on my Reconstruction Era site.

Cartoonist Thomas Nast, the Campaign of 1868, and the Image of Ulysses S. Grant - The Reconstruction Era

In May, 1868, German immigrant illustrator Thomas Nast designed the backdrop at the Republican National Convention. According to biographer Fiona Deans, “On an enormous...

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[5fish]

Thomas Nast...https://www.rockwell-center.org/uncategorized/presidents-politics-the-pen-the-influential-art-of-thomas-nast/

In this illustration, General Ulysses S. Grant is heralded by Thomas Nast as the Republican presidential nominee. Nast revered and idolized Grant and only portrayed him in the most flattering light. Nast’s opinion of Grant was shared by the party who described him as “a man whose fidelity, simplicity, sagacity, honesty, and persistence have all been displayed in the most illustrious career of the time.”

Its 1872 election...

Thomas Nast was relentless in his attacks on Greeley and created a series of disparaging cartoons called “What I Know About Horace Greeley.” Greeley lived on a farm about 35 miles north of New York City, where he applied experimental scientific methods to agriculture. In 1871, he published a book called What I Know of Farming. Nast played on the title to mock Greeley’s perceived pretense of being an expert on various subjects.

 

[5fish]

my research on Thomas Nast

I like the close up of his cartoons... see details...

 

[PatYoung]

I like the close up of his cartoons... see details...

Yeah, he puts a lot into those cartoons.

 

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Southern Reconstruction:Thomas Nast cartoons

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