Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
Original newspaper, Harper’s Weekly August 26, 1871, 16pp., 11” x 16,” complete, filled with news and wood-cut engravings. From an interior page, a full page vertical engraving of Thomas Nast with a lengthy biography. Disbound, VG.
Thomas Nast (September 27, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist who is considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". Among his notable works were the creation of the modern version of Santa Claus, and Uncle Sam (the male personification of the American people), as well as the political symbols of both major United States political parties, the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey.
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