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Subject(s)

• Caricature [Browse]
• Political cartoons—United States—19th century [Browse]
• Political corruption—New York (State)—New York—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Tweed Ring—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Magazine illustration—United States—19th century—Specimens [Browse]
• Anthropomorphism in art [Browse]
• Tiger—New York (State)—New York—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Columbia (Symbolic character)—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• New York (N.Y.)—History—18651898—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Personification in art [Browse]
• Justice—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Mercury (Roman deity)—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Sweeny, Peter B. (Peter Barr), 1825-1911—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]
• Gods, Roman—Caricatures and cartoons [Browse]

Notes

• Medium: Wood engravings
• Signed in block, lower right: "Th: Nast".

References

• Keller, Morton. The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968, pp. 180-181, plate 126.
• Paine, Albert Bigelow. Th. Nast, His Period and His Pictures. New York: The Macmillan Company ; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1904, pp. 195-197.

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