Boss Tweed Political Cartoon

Thomas nast was a german born american caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the father of the american cartoon.

Boss tweed political cartoon. Contrary to popular belief nast did not create uncle sam columbia or the democratic donkey though. William boss tweed vintage and historic cartoons and caricatures from the cartoonstock directory the world s largest on line collection of cartoons. The tammany ring run by a man named william boss tweed bribed officials rigged elections and stole money from city coffers. At first it seemed that nast didn t really focus on tweed as cartoons he drew in 1870 seemed to indicate that nast believed peter sweeny one of tweed s closest associates was the real leader.

The old new york county courthouse known as the tweed courthouse got its nickname from boss tweed joe marino new york daily news in a series of cartoons for harper s weekly nast helped. He was a critic of democratic representative boss tweed and the tammany hall democratic party political machine. While modern readers intrinsically link newspapers and political cartoons the use of cartoons in the american media was minimal until thomas nast popularized them in the 1860s and 1870s. The first american master of the political cartoon an illustrator named thomas nast used his work to shed light on the corruption that ran rampant in tammany hall in new york city.

And his career as a political boss. Today he is best remembered for his cartoons about boss tweed and the tammany ring. Thomas nast s campaign against boss tweed.