578

THOMAS NAST

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
THOMAS NAST
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>THOMAS NAST </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1840-1902). Noted American political cartoonist whose works in <i>Harper’s Weekly</i> lambasted the Tweed Ring. Nast’s caricatures of the elephant and donkey became the recognized symbols of the Republican and Democratic Parties. Signed sketch accomplished in pen and pencil, 4”x6¼”, a self caricature taking someone’s pulse. Annotated in his holograph, “<i>Prescription for Gen. L.P. Di Cesnolo, A few more visits from <u>DR.</u> Th: Nast will make you ‘All Right’!</i>” Fine example.</span></p>