Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures

Albert Bigelow Paine

Macmillan, 1904 - Caricatures and cartoons - 583 pages

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Imagine how dull John Stewart would seem to someone living one hundred and fifty years from now. Political humor rarely lasts. Somehow Thomas Nast has survived. The images are clear, powerful, and ...

Contents

• THE ROVER: 5
• THE ORIGINAL OF THE TAMMANY TIGER: 9
• SECRETARY STANTON 108: 10
• A SCENE FROM OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 1856: 15
• In the Way of Art 1855: 16
• At Leslies 1856: 22
• SCENE FROM RICHELIEU 1856: 26
• Love and a Long Journey 1859: 30
• CARICATURE OF THE ARTIST OF THE PICNIC BOOK BY HIMSELF: 32
• The Little Dragsman A Great Drawn Battle: 38
• THE TROPHIES FOR WHICH HEENAN AND BAYERS FOUGHT: 46
• On the Way to Garibaldi 1860: 47
• With Garibaldi 1860: 51
• GARIBALDI APPEARS IN THE THEATRE AT NAPLES: 60
• Home 1861: 64
• LINCOLN AT BALTIMORE: 73
• The Days of Conflict 18613: 77
• THE DESPATCH ANNOUNCING THE FALL OF FORT SUMTER: 88
• In the Draft Riots 1863: 95
• Reconstruction 18656: 106
• GIDEON WELLES: 109
• AN ANDY JOHNSON CARTOON OF 1866: 113
• National Politics and Domestic Happiness 18678: 118
• GENERAL ULYSSES S GRANT: 120
• A Campaign and a Recognition 1868: 124
• SEYMOUR AS LADY MACBETH: 126
• THE YOUNGEST INTRODUCING THE OLDEST: 132
• The Beginnings of a Crusade 1869: 135
• THE DEMOCRATIC SCAPEGOAT THE FIRST TWEED CARTOON: 138
• THE WHITEWASHING COMMITTEE 1: 144
• THROWING DOWN THE LADDER BY WHICH THEY ROSE: 150
• OUR MODERN FALSTAFF REVIEWING HIS ARMY: 156
• THE CHAP THAT CLOSES MANY A GOOD ESTABLISHMENT: 162
• move on: 163
• The Proofs of Guilt 1871: 166
• the tammany lords and their constituents: 171
• The Rings Battle for Life 1871: 174
• THE brains: 177
• The Collapse of the Ring 1871: 183
• why is the treasury empty?: 190
• the tammany tiger loosewhat are you going to do about it?: 196
• After the Battle 1871: 202
• NO PRISON IS BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE BOSS: 208
• Nast and Curtis and a Conflict of Policies 1872: 214
• CHILDREN CRY FOR it: 215
• Washington Honors and Some Lessons in Statesman: 221
• colonel n p chipman 1872: 225
• Grant and Wilson and Greeley and Brown 1872: 230
• the tower of strength: 231
• GREAT expectations: 237
• played out: 245
• A Campaign of Caricature 1872: 247
• anything to get in 210: 251
• MR GREELEY ON THE MORNING AFTER ELECTION: 258
• Quiet and Congratulations 1873: 262
• A PAGE FROM NASTs ALMANAC: 264
• EVERY PUBLIC QUESTION WITH AN EYE ONLY TO THE PUBLIC GOOD: 271
• A Trip Abroad and an Engagement at Home 1873: 275
• JOSH BILLINGS: 278
• A March of Triumph and Much Profit 1873: 283
• SHOO fly: 285
• THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY OUT OF DANGER: 291
• New Symbols and Cjesarism 1874: 292
• THE MERE SHADOW HAS STILL SOME BACKBONE: 297
• THE FUNNY LITTLE BOY IN TROUBLE: 303
• Politics and a Notable Escape 1875: 309
• TAMMANY DOWN AGAIN: 315
• The Heavy Burden Laid upon Grant 1876: 319
• THE D D FIELD OF GOLD OR THE LIONS LEGAL ? SHARE: 321
• An Exposition a Campaign and a Capture 1876: 328
• the deformed tiger solves the problem: 334
• An Election and a Contest 1876: 338
• the lionthe lamb: 340
• one good report deserves another: 346
• THE STATESMAN: 350
• hall thats LEFT: 353
• A Defeat and a Triumph 1877: 358
• A Mysterious Disappearance James Parton Asks: 371
• A Dull Spring and a Trip Abroad 1878: 385
• A Testimonial from the Army and Navy 1870: 404
• XLVT Quiet Issues and a Notable Return 1879: 410
• ChroniclesDomestic and Political 1880: 417
• The Great Convention of 1880 1880 124: 425
• THE STATESMAN AT HOME: 426
• Tariff for Revenue Only 1880: 431
• BOOMSO NEAR AND YET SO FAR: 433
• who is Tariff and why is he for revenue only?: 439
• A National Feud and a Tragedy 1881: 441
• let him alone now hes come home: 447
• The Dawn of Reform 1882: 452
• thk queen of industry or the new south 153: 453
• an inside view: 459
• A Period of Investment and Rest 1883: 463
• regrets from sambourne: 467
• The Brewing of Political Revolt 1884: 473
• the sacred elephant: 475
• from bad to worse: 482
• A Wreck and a Revelation 1881: 483
• the great canvasser: 488
• For President Grover Cleveland 1884: 494
• The Upheaval of 1884 1884: 500
• Again in the Lecture Field 1884: 509
• THE CONSUL: 527
• A Paper of His Own at Last 188993: 534
• The Last Congenial Occupations 18941901: 545
• The Consul 1902: 556
• At the End of the Long Journey: 576
• Index to Text i: i
• Index to Illustrations xvii: xvii

Bibliographic information

• Title: Thomas Nast: His Period and His Pictures
• Author: Albert Bigelow Paine
• Publisher: Macmillan, 1904
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Dec 1, 2005
• Length: 583 pages