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ID: 500026650
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500026650
 
Record Type: Person
Nast, Thomas (American cartoonist and illustrator, 1840-1902)

Note: 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

Names:
Nast, Thomas (preferred,V,index,LC,Dutch-P,NA)
Thomas Nast (V,display)
Nast (U)
Nast, Thos. (U)

Nationalities:
American (preferred)
German

Roles:
artist (preferred)
cartoonist
illustrator
genre artist
painter
draftsman
diplomat

Gender: male

Birth and Death Places:
Born:  Landau (Bavaria, Germany) (inhabited place)
Died:  Guayaquil (Guayas, Ecuador) (inhabited place)

Events:
active:   New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)
active:   United States (North and Central America) (nation)

List/Hierarchical Position:
 ....  Persons, Artists
 ........  Nast, Thomas (I)

Biographies:
(American cartoonist and illustrator, 1840-1902) ..... [VP Preferred]
(American cartoonist, illustrator, 1840-1902) ..... [BHA]
(American artist, 1840-1902) ..... [WCP]
(American artist, 1840-1902) ..... [WCI]
(American artist, 1840-1902) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American illustrator, 1840-1902) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, 1840-1902) ..... [GRL]
(American artist) ..... [PROV]
(American artist, 1840-1902) ..... [PROV]
(German painter, 1840-1902) ..... [RKD]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:
Nast ........ [GRL]
...........  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 78083448
Nast, Thomas ........ [BHA Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRL Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, PROV Preferred, RKD Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred]
..........................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
..........................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..........................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 78083448
..........................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
..........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
..........................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 58897
..........................  Witt Library, Authority files
Nast, Thos. ........ [GRL]
........................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) n 78083448
Thomas Nast ........ [PROV, VP]
........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
........................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)

Subject: ........ [BHA, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld]
....................  100 American Drawings (1976)
....................  Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006)
....................  Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
....................  Fielding, Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors, Engravers (1987)
....................  Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n78083448
....................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................  Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957)
....................  Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002)
....................  Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n78083448
....................  M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
....................  Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
....................  RKD Artists database (2000-) 58897
....................  Wikidata online (2000-) Q214957
....................  Witt Library, Authority files
....................  Young, Dictionary of American Artists (1968) p. 33
 
Note:
English .......... [VP, WL-Courtauld]
.......... Ask Art [online] (2003) Accessed 09/17/03
.......... Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) "Thomas Nast." Accessed 09/17/03
.......... Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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