The Thomas Nast cartoons brought to light to the public eye the corruption and greed of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall . The public , outraged , voted against this blatant abuse of power forcing Tweed to flee to Cuba but , ironically , it was Nast's own political Cartoons of Tweed that people recognized Tweed and he was subsequently arrested .
Cartoonist Thomas Nast drew the iconic Santa Claus , Uncle Sam , the Democrat's donkey and the Republican's elephant as well as the cartoons lampooning Boss Tweed and the Tammany Hall political machine of Chicago in the 1800s .
Boss William Tweed
The major rivers in the UK beginning with T are (in order of length): Thames, Trent, Tay, Tweed, Teme, Tyne, Tees.
Thomas Nast, the same person who exposed the Tweed Ring.
Thomas Nast
In the classic political cartoon of November 11, 1871, the figure of Columbia (the Republic) has been mauled by the Tammany Tiger (Boss Tweed's political machine), with her sword (power) broken and her shield (the Law) torn beneath her.
Thomas Nast worked to expose the illegal activities of William "Boss" Tweed.
"Thomas Nast was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was the scourge of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic party political machine."
His main enemy was Thomas Nast who drew political cartoons involving tweed in them. Tweed was greatly offended by these images of him that were presented to the public eye.
His main enemy was Thomas Nast who drew political Cartoons involving tweed in them. Tweed was greatly offended by these images of him that were presented to the public eye.
Thomas Nast - Political cartoonist for the New York Times.
Thomas Nast, a political cartoonist, exposed William Tweed in the New York Times through his cartoons that depicted Tweed's corruption and misdeeds, helping to bring him down.
Thomas Nast was able to bring down the Tweed Ring by waging a public campaign against its leader, William M. Tweed. Nast was a cartoonist who went after the Tweed Ring in editorial cartoons.
Thomas Nast. He also brought down Boss Tweed by illustrating his scams so the nonenglish speaking immigrants could get the picture.
Political cartoonist Thomas Nast is credited with exposing corrupt politician Boss Tweed through his satirical and critical illustrations in Harper's Weekly. Nast's drawings helped bring attention to Tweed's unethical practices and eventually led to Tweed's downfall.