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“At Last the Democratic Tiger has Something to Hang On”– 22 April, 1882
This smaller cartoon is a commentary offered on the eve of the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, signed into law on May 6, 1882 by President Chester A. Arthur. The passage of the act was a...
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” Celestial”– 5 February, 1881
This small cartoon appeared on the back pages of Harper’s Weekly. Pre-Chinese Exclusion, the image reinforces stereotypes, both of the Chinese, here shown as “John Chinaman” and his nemesis, the white...
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Nativism
Immigration historian John Highman suggests that American nativism “should be defined as intense opposition to an internal minority on the ground of its foreign (i.e.,”un-American”) connections. He...
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Nast’s unknown works, family home, subject of May exhibits
Maccollough Hall Historical Museum announces May exhibit of Nast’s unknown works and features Nast’s art in other mediums. Later in the month, the current owners of Nast’s home will talk about what it...
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Thomas Nast Exhibits: Morristown
: Clarks Hometown News Patriot QUOTED FROM: This spring in the exhibit “Thomas Nast: Unknown Works and American Icons” Macculloch Hall Historical Museum showcases an important collection of rarely...
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Myth or truth of “Irish Need Not Apply”
Interesting article about Rebecca Fried who debunked an academic debunker claiming that the Irish were not discriminated against upon arrival in America. The eighth-grader has Kirby Miller on her...
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Anti-laundry laws – the Chinese fight back
Collectively, Chinese immigrants to the U.S. were the most directly affected and restricted by prejudice through the enactment of local, and later national laws, designed to drive out the Chinese. The...
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Nast on Comedy Central
In this Comedy Central parody, Thomas Nast, played by actor Noah Wyle faces off against William M. (Boss) Tweed in this humorous take narrated by an “inebriated” Jen Kirkman. Drunk History’s comedy...
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Chinese and the railroad
I found this Slide Share on the Internet, likely made for a high school classroom. It has some interesting images (photographs and illustrations) by Nast (not sourced from this website) and other...
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Proving a positive: Thomas Nast and the simian stereotype
I use “Google Alerts” to keep abreast of Internet conversations, events and posts about Thomas Nast. This week I came across this masters thesis written by Laura Woolthuis, Utrecht University,...
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Before Trump, there was Blaine
Before Donald Trump called to exclude Muslims, James Blaine had done so against the Chinese 135 years ago.
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Power of the Cartoon Cover
On Monday, December 7, 2015, Bill Bramhall, editorial cartoonist for the New York Daily News published the following image of presidential candidate Donald J. Trump, in response to Trump’s announced...
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“Murderers Stop at Nothing”– 20 March, 1886
In this issue, which also includes another example from Nast on Chinese immigration policy, two murdered white men lie on the streets of Seattle, Washington, then a U.S. territory. The cartoon depicts...
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“Justice for the Chinese”– 27 March, 1886
In the winter of 1885 and the following summer of 1886, Chinese were driven out of the Northwest Territories, in what is now Washington and Oregon State. After the gold rush, many of the Chinese...
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Size and placement of Nast cartoons
Thomas Nast’s influence at Harper’s Weekly grew steadily after the Civil War, and as he moved into caricature as his preferred technique, Nast earned Harper’s affectionate title as “Our Special...
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“The Chinese Question”– 18 February, 1871
The Chinese Question is full sized cartoon published in Harper’s Weekly, February 18, 1871, Nast was tolerant of all races, nationalities and creeds. He was not, however, tolerant of ignorance. He...
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“A Distinction Without a Difference” 1882
A few months after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (May, 1882), this small square cartoon shows a U.S. Custom House official scrutinizing his law books in an attempt to define or clarify the...
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Irish as sub-human
Negative Irish stereotypes depicting the Irish as beasts or apes prevailed in an antebellum Anglo-America and anti-Irish sentiments permeated throughout the lives of ordinary Americans, not just...
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Cartoonists: How has Thomas Nast influenced your work?
Invitation to guest blog on Nast, immigration issues or political cartoons in general! Did Thomas Nast influence your decision to become a cartoonist? Is there a particular cartoon of his that gave you...
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More theories on how Nast would treat candidate Trump
A fine article by Hal Brown of the Daily Kos: Nast would have a field day with Trump! http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/6/3/1534061/-What-would-Thomas-Nast-do-to-Donald-TrumpFiled under: Cartoons...
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