Thomas Nast was, of course, America’s first great cartoonist! Nast toppled Tammany Hall, popularized (some say created) the political Republican Elephant and the Democratic Donkey and created our image of Santa Claus. Here’s an unpublished self-portrait of Nast I have in my art collection. I just ran across it and saw that it was dated April 5 so I thought it would be fun to show it to you today, Arf Lover! (A tip of the Hat/Yoe to Rick who sold this art to me).

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