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A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)
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A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)

originally published 1880

Medium

Relief print and electrotype

Dimensions

Image: 11 in. × 9 3/16 in. (28 × 23.4 cm) Sheet: 14 13/16 × 13 3/8 in. (37.6 × 34 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast, 1933

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Thomas Nast

1840–1902United StatesKingdom of Bavaria

American illustrator of German birth, best known for his scathing political cartoon commentaries on the Civil War and the political corruptions of the 1870s. He is also known for creating such lasting images as the Republican Elephant, the Democratic Donkey, and Santa Claus, having done the illustrations for Clement C. Moore's "The Night Before Christmas." Comment on works: painter; master draughtsman; caricaturist; illustrator; cartoonist; Journalist