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Also known as Thos. Nast, Nast, Th Nast, Th. Nast

American cartoonist (1840–1902)

Person · Open Library

Born
27 Sep 1840
Died
7 Dec 1902
Works
29

Top works

  • Our standard-bearer
  • Little Prudy
  • The degrading compromise that the Northern Copperhead leaders would force upon the country
  • Ekkoes from Kentucky
  • Christmas in art and song

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Spain

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
7

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Key facts

Born
( 1840-09-26 ) September 26, 1840, Landau , Rhine Palatinate , Bavaria (present-day Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany)
Died
December 7, 1902 (1902-12-07) (aged 62), Guayaquil , Guayas , Ecuador
Political party
Republican

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Thomas
Gender
male
Place of birth
Landau in der Pfalz
Place of death
Guayaquil
Occupation
illustrator
Languages spoken
English language
Official website
www.thomasnast.com
Image
Thomas Nast from Harpers Weekly.png
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Commons category
Thomas Nast
date of birth
1840-09-27
date of death
1902-12-07
cause of death
yellow fever
Commons Creator page
Thomas Nast
manner of death
natural causes
Commons gallery
Thomas Nast
place of burial
Woodlawn Cemetery
name in native language
Thomas Nast
has works in the collection
Brooklyn Museum
writing language
English language
influenced by
Theodore Kaufmann
Sources (7)

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Thomas Nast, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Thomas Nast's birth certificate issued under the auspices of the King of Bavaria on September 26, 1840

Thomas Nast (/næst/; German: [nast]; September 26, 1840 – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Nast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.