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CHECK OUT CHRISTMAS INVENTORY CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION 001tnast: 1874 Thomas Nast Cartoon Decries Corrupt Police. Hand colored, wood engraved cartoon by the famous cartoonist Thomas Nast. Published in an 1874 issue of Harper's Weekly. The cartoon portrays corrupt policemen as swine rounding up women from the temperance society who had been protesting the use of liquor. The title is "Jewels Among Swine." 11x16 in. $60 002tnast: Christmas Fancies- "Don't you wish you wore stockings?" This double page hand colored engraving shows three children and a small dog preparing to hang the stockings by the fireplace. This genuine antique engraving is from the December, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. 16x22 in. $120 003tnast: 1870 Thomas Nast Cartoon of a Tammany Hall Victory. Large wood engraved cartoon by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, published in an 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly. The cartoon shows several scenes of Tammany Hall corruption and ruin in New York City. The title is "Shadows of Forthcoming Events." 16x22 in. $100 004tnast: 1875 Thomas Nast Cartoon of the Republican Vote. Hand colored wood engraved cartoon from Harper's Weekly, drawn by the famous 19th century cartoonist Thomas Nast. Nast was the first to use an elephant as the symbol of the Rebublican party. The cartoon shows the Republican elephant clamoring for a third presidential term for U.S. Grant. Also shown is President Grant refusing the Republicans' pleas. The title of this cartoon is "The Third Term Trap." 11x16 in. $100 005tnast: 1867 Portrait of Thomas Nast. Wood engraved portrait of famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, published in an 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly. Print is accompanied by text describing Nast's life and career. 11x16 in. $30 006tnast: 1875 Thomas Nast Cartoon of the Public School Debate. Wood engraved cartoon by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, published in an 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly. The cartoon shows defenders of the public school system being attacked by members of the Roman Catholic church who are portrayed as crocodiles. The title is "The American River Ganges." 11x16 in. $80 007tnast: 1878 Communism Cartoon by Thomas Nast. Wood engraved cartoon by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, published in an 1878 issue of Harper's Weekly. It shows communism portrayed as a skeleton and destroyer of home and family. The caption reads, "Home Sweet Home! There's No Place Like Home!" 11x16 in. $50 008tnast: 1874 Anti Alcohol Cartoon by Thomas Nast. Wood engraved cartoon by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, published in an 1874 issue of Harper's Weekly. The cartoon shows men drinking with a skeleton at a bar. The title reads, "The Bar of Destruction." 11x16 in. Black/White $40 Hand-Colored $60 009tnast: 1871 Nast Cartoon: Degenerate American Youth. Wood engraved cartoon by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, from an 1871 issue of Harper's Weekly. The cartoon shows several scenes of America's youth shunning an honest day's work. The title is "Our Rising Generation." 11x16 in. $30 010tnast: 1878 "Here We Are Again". This double page black and white engraving shows Santa Claus greeting the New Year in front of a fireplace with sleeping animals on the hearth. Santa is laden with toys and the New Year has a clock with the years on his costume and New Years greetings in his hat. This genuine antique print is from the January 1878 edition of Harper's Weekly. size: 16x22 in. $275 011tnast: 1870 Thomas Nast Anti-Alcohol Cartoon. Wood engraved cartoon by famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast, published in an 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly. The cartoon shows a skeleton portrayed as "King Death," giving a prize to Bacchus, the god of wine. 11x16 in. $80 012tnast: 1876 Injured Innocence- Southern "Chivalry" Not Dead Yet. Shows Jefferson Davis (president of the Confederacy) wrapped in a cloak with a hoop skirt on to disguise himself as a woman after the south lost the Civil War. The platform underneath him reads "The Unprotected Female or the Defrauded Sour Apple, Comic Tragedy." This hand colored engraving is from the March, 1876 edition of Harper's Weekly. size: 11x16 in. $50 013tnast: 1871 Franco Prussian War Cartoon by Nast. Engraved cartoon by Thomas Nast, the most famous political cartoonist of the nineteenth century. Title is "Thrown Completely Into the Shade." The cartoon shows the German Kaiser standing triumphantly in front of a map of France, with a portrait of Napoleon behind him. The Kaiser’s shadow is covering Napoleon, who looks completely defeated. 11x16 in. $30 014tnast: 1872 Nast Print: Hard Path of Matrimony. Original Harper's Weekly (1872). Wife with babies and drunken husband says to Mrs. Satan: "I'd Rather Travel the Hardest Path of Matrimony Than Follow Your Footsteps." Type: Wood Engraving. Size: 11x16 in. Black/White $60 Hand-Colored $80 015tnast: Rare, Old Uncle Sam Cartoon by Thomas Nast. This is a hand colored, engraved satirical cartoon from the Nov. 24, 1877 issue of Harper’s Weekly. It was drawn by Thomas Nast, the most famous political cartoonist of the 19th century. The cartoon is titled "The Lightning Speed of Honesty." It features Uncle Sam seated on a snail, which is labeled "45th Congress." Clearly a scathing critique of congressional slowness! 11x16 in. $80 016tnast: 1881 Merry Old Santa Claus. This hand colored double page engraving pictures Santa Claus loaded up with toys smoking a pipe. This genuine antique engraving is from the January, 1881 edition of Harper's Weekly. 16x22 in. Call for availibilty 018tnast: 1876 "Twas the Night Before Christmas". A chance to test Santa Claus's generosity. This black and white engraving shows a small boy tacking a stocking to the mantle of the fireplace, using the bear rug head as a step stool. This genuine antique print is from the December, 1876 edition of Harper's Weekly. size: 11x16 in. $80 Color $150 019tnast: 1886 "Twas the Night Before Christmas", and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. This black and white engraving shows two mice sound asleep in tiny beds on the mantle next to a portrait of Santa, a Holly wreath and a vase full of Mistletoe. This genuine antique engraving is from the cover of the December, 1886 edition of Harper's Weekly. size: 11x16 in. Call for availabilty 021tnast: 1875 Two Thomas Nast Illustrations. One is entitled "To Thine Own Self Be True" and shows the woman Columbia (AKA the United States) hand over the Bill of Civil Rights to the African Americans. The second illustration is entitled "A Privelege". A white man is leaning on the bar where African Americans are discouraged from drinking. The man's wife is begging him to leave and their child is clinging to the father's leg. This hand colored engraving is from the April, 1875 edition of Harper's Weekly size: 11x16 in. $40 022tnast: 1879 Thomas Nast- Congress Extra Session. Original full page Harper's Weekly, 1879, with Thomas Nast's engraving "The 'Statesman' at Home - Explaining to his Constituents the Whys and Wherefores of the Extra Session." Professionally hand colored antique print. 11x16 in. $50 023tnast: Thomas Nast, the father of American political cartooning, produced this image in 1884 for Harper's Weekly. It shows a frustrated Justice contemplating a jury box filled with foxes, donkeys, and geese while the mobs outside are going free. size: 10x15.5 in. $80 201tnast: Harper's Weekly double page spread dated July 16, 1864. Hand colored engraving titled "Our Flag". With one large center picture of the Lady Liberty holding the American Flag with the caption, The Protector of All Rights beneath. The ten smaller pictures surrounding are captioned clockwise from the top: Making the Flag, Returning From the War, On Board, Around the Dead, In Camp, At Home, In Church, In the Hospital, In the Field, and Going to the War. Caption at bottom reads, The Fourth of July, 1864. Size is 22x16 in. Call for availabilty 202tnast: Cover of Harper's Weekly dated March 29, 1873. The Game of Fox and Geese; or, Legal Trials of the Period. 16x11 in. $60 203tnast: January 15, 1870 page from Harper's Weekly. Hand colored engraving of the democratic donkey which was made famous by Thomas Nast. Caption reads, A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion. sheet size 11x16 in. picture 5x5 in. SOLD 204tnast: Hand colored Harper's Weekly dated January 6, 1872. One of Thomas Nast's most famous depictions of Boss Tweed. Many of his most effective cartoons were attacks on the New York political machine of W. M. Tweed in the 1870's, eventually leading to Tweed's identification and arrest. Caption under engraving reads: Can the Law Reach Him? - The Dwarf and the Giant Thief. 11x16 in. Black/White $60 Hand-Colored $80 205tnast: Hand colored engraving from the April 28, 1877 issue of Harper's Weekly. Thomas Nast depicts a cartoonish monument of Andrew Jackson. Caption below picture reads, In Memorium - Our Civil Service as it Was. 11x16 in. $50 206tnast: The Capture of Tweed - The Picture that Made the Spanish Officials take him for a "Child-Stealer" Hand colored engraving from the October 7, 1876 supplement to Harper's Weekly. It was one of these cartoons by Nast that was used by Spanish authorities to identify Tweed after his escape from New York. 11x16 in. Black/White $60 Hand-Colored $80 207tnast: Harper's Weekly cover from January 31, 1880. Hand colored engraving titled, Another Investigation Committee. Caption under title reads: Self - Appointed Gent. "An' what right have you, sure, to be afther laving your native place an' coming here? Spake!" Cartoon depicts the rise of blacks moving to Kansas from the South. 11x16 in. $60 SOLD 209tnast: November 25, 1871 cover of Harper's Weekly. "What are you laughing at? To the Victor Belong the Spoils." This engraving shows Boss Tweed in charge of a collapsing organization, symbolized by the ruined pillars and porticoes of his fortress. Tweed, shown as a defeated gladiator, insists that the spoils, in this case the treasury of New York City, still goes to the victor, no matter how battered. Nast’s cartoon is both a crow of victory and a warning that the battle is not finally won. 11x16 in. Black/White $40 Hand-Colored $60 210tnast: A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over." - "Let us Prey." From Harper's Weekly dated September 23, 1871. Engraving shows Tweed and his associates as vultures, with bones picked clean labeled the city treasury, law, justice, liberty and rent payers. 11x16 in. $60 211tnast: Cover of Harper's Weekly dated September 30, 1871. Nast depicts Tweed and three of his cohorts stretched thin, as in a fun house mirror, while people look on in the background. The picture is captioned, "We Know Nothing About the Stolen Vouchers. Too Thin! We are Innocent." 11x16 in. $60 212tnast: "Next!" Engraving shows Boss Tweed standing in the front of a line at a table labeled, Mr. John H. Keyser, (The Poor but Honest Plumber). $650,000 Returned (on Trust). Behind the man at the table is a sign that reads, Committee on Frauds. To the left of the table is a room where The Committee of Seventy is meeting. 11x16 in. Black/White $40 Hand-Colored $60 213tnast: October 7, 1871 issue of Harper's Weekly. Engraving shows Boss Tweed running with a crowd and is titled, "Stop Thief!" Under the title is a quote from Oliver Twist, "They no sooner heard the cry, than, guessing how the matter stood, they issued forth with great promptitude; and, shouting 'Stop Thief!' too, joined in the pursuit like Good Citizens." 11x16 in. $40	214tnast: Wood engraving from the October 30, 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly. Title under picture reads, Pitiful Reform, caption below that says, New York. Must I look for Reform and Reformers here? Shows the Lady New York, looking down at members of the Tammany Gang fallen in the rubble of the Late Tammany Hall, which has become a School of Reform. One member in the background is waving a white flag which says, Tammany has Reformed. 11x16 in. $40 215tnast: "The Death-Bed Marrage." Nast shows Horace Greeley kneeling in front of the "Death-Bed" of the daughter of democracy kissing her hand surrounded by onlookers. Nast used this and other cartoons in this era to show his support of Grant in the Presidential elections. Caption under title reads, The Daughter of Democracy has at last Married a "Nigger!" (A Radical Black Republican) - July 10, 1872. 11x16 in. $40 216tnast: Cover from Harper's Weekly dated October 28, 1876. Nast shows Tweed in his prison uniform hugging an old friend while picking his pocket. The caption under the print reads, "Willie, we have missed you!" 11x16 in. $40 217tnast: Our System of Feathering Nests Breeds Tweeds all over the Land. From the cover of Harper's Weekly dated March 27, 1886. This wood engraving shows a vulture with a big dollar sign on his chest sitting high above the city in his nest, which is lined with money bags and bones. 11x16 in. Black/White $40 Hand-Colored $60 218tnast: September 11, 1875 cover of Harper's Weekly, titled "The Tables Turned." Nast shows William Tweed as Justice locking up the Lady Justice in the State Prison. Law is written on the ball attached to her leg with "red tape", and her hair has been cut and is lying on the floor at Tweeds feet. 11x16 in. $40 219tnast: Thomas Nast engraving from Harper's Weekly dated September 16, 1871. Picture titled Wholesale and Retail. Top picture shows Boss Tweed leaving the N.Y. City Treasury with the police saluting him as he leaves. The lower picture shows a homeless man coming out of a Bakery after stealing some bread with the police attacking him. Nast is depicting two types of "Theivery". 11x16 in. Black/White $40 Hand-colored $60 220tnast: The Arrest of "Boss" Tweed - Another Good Joke. This wood engraving is from the November 18, 1871 issue of Harper's Weekly. Nast shows Sheriff Brennan raising his hat to Tweed while his shady cohorts stand by. The Lady Justice in the background looks angrily at Tweed and is reaching for her sword. Under the title the caption reads, The Shadow of Justice. "I'll make some of you cry yet." Below that is a quote from the New York Tribune, "Sheriff Brennan merely nodded to Mr. Tweed, bade him 'Good-day,' and laying his hand tenderly on his sholder, said, laughingly, 'You're my man!' It seemed like a deliciously cool joke, and, judging from the faces, it was." 11x16 in. $40 221tnast: May 15, 1875 cover of Harper's Weekly. This wood engraving is titled The Next Pardon in the Reform Farce.(?) Nast shows Governor Tilden handing Tweed a pardon for the Tammany Ring. Caption under title reads, Governor Tilden, "That you may be able to give State Evidence against - let's see - oh! - the Canal Ring." Sign above Tweed reads, Tammany Ring Prison Head Quarters. 11x16 in. $40 222tnast: Going Through the Form of Universal Suffrage. Wood engraving of Thomas Nast's political cartoon from the November 11, 1871 issue of Harper's Weekly. Picture depicts innocent voters dropping their ballots into a garbage basket while Tweed and his gang stands around innocently. Caption below the title reads, Boss. "You have the Liberty of Voting for any one you please; but we have the Liberty of Counting in any one we please." Below that is a quote from the New York Times, "Do your Duty as Citizens, and leave the rest to take its course." 11x16 in. $40 223tnast: October 21, 1871 cover of Harper's Weekly. Wood engraving of Thomas Nast's political cartoon titled, The Only Thing They Respect or Fear. Showing Tweed and his crew standing at the bottom of a hanging platform with the shadows of four nooses on the wall behind them. Quotes from The Nation below the title, "We presume it is strickly correct to say that the one consequence of thieving which ______ would now dread is a violent death. Public scorn, or even the penitentiary, has little terrors for them." and "We do not know how the affair may end, but we do know that if ______ close their careers in peace, and ease, and affluence, it will be a terrible blow to political and private morality." 11x16 in. $40 224tnast: Wood engravings from Harper's Weekly dated November 25, 1871. Six small cartoons by Thomas Nast showing the fall of City Chamberlain, Peter Sweeny. Center picture captioned, The Political Suicide of Peter "Brains" Sweeny. 11x16 in. $40 225tnast: Wood engraving from the December 13, 1873 issue of Harper's Weekly. This Thomas Nast cartoon pertains to the arrest and incarceration of Boss Tweed, who controlled the political machine of New York City in the mid 1800's. It shows the lady Justice locking a cell door marked W. M. Tweed. To the left of Tweed's cell is an open cell door marked, Next. Title at the bottom of the page says, Justice! 11x16 in. $40 226tnast: Two engravings from Harper's Weekly dated August 19, 1871. Pictures titled, Two Great Questions. Top picture captioned "Who is Ingersoll's Co?" and shows Tweed with his gang behind him facing a man holding a copy of The New York Times. Above the man it says, Mr. Ingersoll, "Allow me to Introduce you to my Co.?" The lower picture is the most successful of Nast's Tweed regime cartoons. Representing the "Ring" standing in a circle, pointing one to the other, and each one saying "Who stole the people's money? - Do Tell. 'Twas Him." 11x16 in. $60 227tnast: The Third - Term Panic. The first appearance of Thomas Nast's elephant as a representation of the Republican Party. This cartoon was a comment on fears that Grant would run for a third term as President. From the November 7, 1874 issue of Harper's Weekly. 16x11 in. $150 228tnast: Double page spread from the August 5, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly. Wood engravings titled Pardon and Franchise show Confederate politicians and generals applying to Columbia for pardons. Men include Roger Pryor, General Robert E. Lee, John Letcher, Robert Toombs, and Alexander Stephens. On the right page, a black Union soldier who has lost his leg is standing beside Columbia. Below the title the caption reads: Columbia - "Shall I trust these men, and not this man?" Some discoloration in margins, does not detract from image. 16x22 in. $200 229tnast: Hand colored wood engraving from the November 16, 1872 issue of Harper's Weekly. "It Never Rains But It Pours." Kaiser William, "Uncle Sam's Claim is most in Accordance with the True Interpretation of the Treaty of June, 1840. 16x11 in. $60 230tnast: Going Through the Form of Universal Suffrage. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast from the November 11, 1871 issue of Harper's Weekly. Picture depicts innocent voters dropping their ballots into a garbage basket while Tweed and his gang stands around innocently. Caption below the title reads, Boss. "You have the Liberty of Voting for any one you please; but we have the Liberty of Counting in any one we please." Below that is a quote from the New York Times, "Do your Duty as Citizens, and leave the rest to take its course." 11x16 in. $60 231tnast: Two hand colored engravings from Harper's Weekly dated August 19, 1871. Pictures titled, Two Great Questions. Top picture captioned "Who is Ingersoll's Co?" and shows Tweed with his gang behind him facing a man holding a copy of The New York Times. Above the man it says, Mr. Ingersoll, "Allow me to Introduce you to my Co.?" The lower picture is the most successful of Nast's Tweed regime cartoons. Representing the "Ring" standing in a circle, pointing one to the other, and each one saying "Who stole the people's money? - Do Tell. 'Twas Him." 11x16 in. $60 232tnast: 1875 Nast Legal Print: Tammany Boss Tweed. This hand colored wood engraved print is a political cartoon from the August 14, 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly. It was drawn by Thomas Nast, the most famous political cartoonist of the 19th century. The print is titled "Off the Scent." It pertains to the trial of Boss Tweed, the leader of the corrupt Tammany Hall ring in New York City. A dog labeled "Legal Pointer" is shown sniffing through a pile of law books. He is tangled in ribbons labeled as "Red Tape." The red tape is pulling the dog away from Boss Tweed and one of his henchmen, who are absconding with a bag of stolen money. This print is in excellent condition. 11x16 in. $60 233tnast: Very nice hand colored engraving from the August 26, 1871 issue of Harper's Weekly. The President of the United States and His Cabinet, For 1872(?). Shows Boss Tweed, Dick Connolly, Peter B Sweeny, James Fisk Jr, Andrew Jackson Garvey, and others as the future cabinet for John T. Hoffman. Thomas Nast was a large part in Presidential Campaigns throughout his career, and in the seven presidential elections he participated in, he never picked a loser to support. 11x16 in. $60 234tnast: Hand colored wood engraving from the January 14, 1882 cover of Harper's Weekly. The Queen of Industry, Or, The New South. Compares the cotton industry of 1861 to the "new" industry of 1882. Thomas Nast was a strong supporter of black civil rights which showed in many of his political cartoons. 11x16 in. $60 235tnast: Beautiful hand colored wood engraving from the December 26, 1885 issue of Harper's Weekly. Ringing in the Air. Shows two images of Santa Claus Ringing in the Christmas Season. One side captioned, Ding!, the other side captioned, Dong!! 11x16 in. $175 237tnast: Hand colored wood engraving from the September 11, 1875 cover of Harper's Weekly, titled "The Tables Turned." Nast shows William Tweed dressed up as Justice locking up the real Lady Justice in the State Prison. Law is written on the ball attached to her leg with "red tape", and her hair has been cut and is lying on the floor at Tweeds feet. 11x16 in. $60 238tnast: 1874 Christmas Eve- Santa Claus wating for the children to get to sleep. This hand colored wood engraving shows Santa Claus perched on top of a chimney with the loaded sleigh parked on the roof. Santa is patiently waiting with his bag of toys, smoking a pipe. This genuine antique engraving is from the cover of the January 3, 1874 edition of Harper's Weekly. 11x16 in. $225 Call for availabilty 239tnast: Hand colored wood engraving from the October 30, 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly. Title under picture reads, Pitiful Reform, caption below that says, New York. Must I look for Reform and Reformers here? Shows the Lady New York, looking down at members of the Tammany Gang fallen in the rubble of the Late Tammany Hall, which has become a School of Reform. One member in the background is waving a white flag which says, Tammany has Reformed. 11x16 in. $60 240tnast: 1863 Thanksgiving-Day, November 26, 1863. Double-page hand colored wood engravings by Thomas Nast which depict the Army, Presidents Washington and Lincoln, the Navy, the Town, the Emancipation, the Country, and the Union Altar giving thanks for all their blessings. Published in Harper's Weekly on December 5, 1863. 16x22in. $200 241tnast: 1865 National Thanksgiving, December 7, 1865. Double-page hand colored wood engravings by Thomas Nast with "The Proclamation" by Andrew Johnson. Each engraving depicts scenes of peace and abundance throughout the land. 16x22in. $200 242tnast: 1872 Bringing the Thing Home - (Dedicated to the Baltimore Convention). Wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly on July 13, 1872. Scene depicts a family hudled inside a war-ravished home as two men with broken limbs and a hefty man promoting warfare stand by. 10.5x15in. $50 243tnast: 1886 Liberty Is Not Anarchy. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly on September 4, 1886; Volume XXX., No. 1550. Scene depicts the U.S. Sword of Justice held by a person in a cape and seven miniature men within each of his fingers. 11x16in. $60 244tnast: 1872 The Presidential Fever On the Supreme Bench. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization on April 6, 1872. Vol. XVL - No. 797. Scene depicts the Chief Justice consoling Judge Davis about the state of labor reform. 11x16in. $80 245tnast: 1891 Does Italy Want To Protect Its Bandits Among Us? - The Lesson of New Orleans. Five hand colored wood engravings by Thomas Nast, published as a Supplement to "The Illustrated American," No. 59. Top left scene depicts Italy as a "Foreign Free Booter's Invasion;" Top right scene depicts a policeman dumping out 'criminals' from the leg of Italy's boot; Left scene depicts a mysterious caped Mafia man writing graffitti about Americans on a wall; Right scene depicts a crescent-moon shape surrounding an Italian barge; and bottom right scene depicts a skull symbolizing disorganization. 11x16in. $60	247tnast: 1884 The Power Behind the Throne of Justice. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly on May 17, 1884. Scene depicts Blind Justice weighing an uneven scale in regards to the civil courts being emancipated from un-civil politics. 11x16in. $50 248tnast: 1886 "Both." Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast which was published in Harper's Weekly on June 19, 1886; Volume XXX., No. 1539. Scene depicts Justice standing below a scale which represents the Briber and the Bribed, as she pushes two business men holding money sacks out of the way. 11x16in. $60 249tnast: 1873 Blindman's Bluff. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization on April 12, 1873. Scene depicts Blind Justice trying to meander her way around the Court of Justice. Boss Tweed pictured on the right. (Top right area of print has a small address label stuck to it but it doesn't affect the picture). 11x16in. $80 250tnast: 1876 The Duty of the Hour. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly on April 1, 1876. Scene depicts an angry Justice trampling over a snake-infested man representing inflation, lies, corruption and fraud. 11x16in. $60 251tnast: 1872 "The Tammany Humpty-Dumpty;" and "Stone Walls Do Not A Prison Make." Two hand colored wood engravings by Thomas Nast on the bottom of an article which was published in Harper's Weekly on January 6, 1872. Boss Tweed is shown in both images. 11x16in. $60 252tnast: 1884 Hand In Glove (Political Influence In Criminal Courts). Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, which was published in Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization on May 3, 1884. Scene depicts an arrested man shaking hands with his pal the Judge as his captors wait near. 11x16in. $60 253tnast: 1875 "Words, Words, Words." - Shakespeare. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly on September 4, 1875. Scene depicts a man holding a long scroll with Gov. Tilden's Reform Speeches on it as an angry Justice sits on a throne above him. 11x16in. $60 254tnast: 1878 Peace With A War Measure. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly on February 9, 1878. Scene depicts a discouraged Slave of Liberty, weighed down by Income Tax, and other laws and taxes. 11x16in.$60 255tnast: 1870 Peace On Earth and Good Will Toward Men. Beautiful hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast which was published as a Christmas Supplement to Harper's Weekly on December 31, 1870. Small circled engravings of children surrounding a center engraving of a young girl and boy listening to one of Santa's elves, and an engraving below surrounded by mistletoe of Christ's birth. Very festive with lots of detail. 11x16in. $80 256tnast: 1879 Christmas Post. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization on January 4, 1879; Vol. XXIII. - No. 1149. Scene depicts a young woman posting a letter to Santa Claus outside a Toy Shop as her shaggy dog looks on. 11x16in. $100 257tnast: 1885 "With the Compliments of the Season;" and "A (Political) Toy Bank." Two hand colored wood engravings by Thomas Nast on top an advertisement page in Harper's Weekly, published on December 26, 1885. Top left engraving depicts a mail carrier delivering seasonal mail; and top right engraving depicts a short Santa Claus depositing his sacks of money at his bank. 11x16in. $40 258tnast: 1876 Seeing Santa Claus. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast published in Harper's Weekly as a Supplement on January 1, 1876. Scene depicts a young boy playing 'hide and seek' with Santa, who's starting his descent down the chimney. 11x16in. $150 259tnast: 1884 "Hello! Santa Claus!" Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast published in Harper's Weekly on December 20, 1884; Volume XXVIII., No. 1461. Engraving depicts a young girl telephoning Santa Claus. 11x16in. $80 260tnast: 1885 The Annual Sacrifice That Cheers Many Hearts. Wood engraving by Thomas Nast which was published in Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization on November 28, 1885. Scene depicts a pilgrim getting ready to slice a freshly-cooked turkey as indians and pilgrims, holding plates, eagerly await their feast. 11x16in. $40 261tnast: 1863 Santa Claus In Camp - First image of Santa Claus. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast which was published in Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization on January 3, 1863; Vol. VII. - No. 314. Scene depicts blue- caped soldiers waiting for Santa to give them their gifts. 11x16in. $150 262tnast: 1867 "The Day We Celebrate." (Irish Riot) Wood engraving by Thomas Nast which depicts St. Patrick's Day in 1867 as the police attack the Irish with swords and batons. Published in Harper's Weekly on April 6, 1867. 11x16in. Call for availabilty 263tnast: 1873 The Game of Fox and Geese; Or, Legal Trials of the Period. Hand colored wood engraving by Thomas Nast, published in Harper's Weekly - A Journal of Civilization on March 29, 1873; Vol. XVII. - No. 848. Engraving depicts a suit-clad fox acting as a lawyer, as he tosses sand in the jury's eyes (the jury are geese) as the Justice is a dog. "Justice going to the dogs!" 11x16in. $80 264tnast:1875 Justice Bound by Red Tape cartoon. Thomas Nast, great American political cartoonist, attacks Boss Tweed, Tammany by showing how the politicians have tied up "Justice" in red tape. Crooks in foreground are laughing. Hand colored front page engraving from 1875 Harper's. 11x16 in. $80 265tnast:1878 Thomas Nast engraving shows Thanksgiving Day dreams. Titled "A Dream: Before and after Thanksgiving Dinner". Hand colored engraving from the December 7, 1878 Harper's Weekly issue. 11x16 in. $60 266tnast:RARE 1890 Thomas Nast Engraving titled "Little Jack Horner" shows a boy with dogs including a greyhound and a cat. Published in "Christmas Drawings for the Human Race". 8 X 11 in. $60 267tnast:1876 Thomas Nast engraving about Gold Inflation. "The Haunted House; or the "murdered" rag baby will not be still. Shake its gory locks at them until they make it vanish." Hand colored engraving from the April 8, 1876 Harper's Weekly issue. 11x16 in. $60 268tnast:The Capture of Tweed - "Tweed-Le-Dee and Tilden-Dum" - The Picture that Made the Spanish Officials take him for a "Child-Stealer" Hand colored front page engraving from the July 1, 1876 issue of Harper's Weekly. It was one of these cartoons by Nast that was used by Spanish authorities to identify Tweed after his escape from New York. 11x16 in. $100 269tnast:1886 Thomas Nast financial cartoon. "What is Sure to Stick. - The most questionable brick in the aqueduct - squire." Engraving from the June 26, 1886 Harper's Weekly issue. 11x16 in. $40 270tnast:1875 Thomas Nast engraving about Boss Tweed. "The Upright Bench, which is above criticism." Engraving from the September 11, 1875 Harper's Weekly issue. 11x16 in. $80 271tnast: Harpers Weekly June 13, 1874 "A Dead Failure" " A gathering of the dead....a kind of love fest among some ancient skeletons from the grave-yard of the ancient Bourbon party....The assembled skeletons shook one another's bony hands, smiled as skeletons are wont to do, and rattled their old bones in forced gleefulness over the drawn battles in New Hampshire and Connecticut, which it pleased them to call Democratic victories!"- Chicago Times (Democratic) B/W 11 x 16in. $40 272tnast: Harpers Weekly March 7, 1874 "The Good And Bad Spirits Ar War" Woman(Joan of Arc), "Do what thou canst to save our honors. Drive them from the country, and be immortalized" - Shakespeare" Hand Colored- B/W also available 11 x 16in. $50 273tnast: Harpers Weekly September 4, 1875 "The Irredeemable Rag Baby. This is a nice position for a hard-money bachelor to be placed in!" 11 x 16in. $40 274tnast: Harpers Weekly March 2, 1878 "Will He Dare Do It?" 11 x 16in. $50   CAN'T FIND IT? SEARCH HERE
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