NAST, THOMAS, Illustrator, cartoonist. Photograph signed ("Th: Nast. April 9th 1896"), with a self-portrait sketch added in margin, photograph by C.H. Frazier (copyright line at lower left of image), n.p. [1896]. 223 x 170 mm. (9 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.) including mount. A finely detailed platinum print showing a nearly half-length view of Nast with his head turned a bit to his right. The cartoonist and illustrator is best known for his scorching cartoons of "Boss" Tweed and his ring (which helped to bring down the corrupt New York City politician) and, in a different vein, for his illustrations to the immortal Christmas poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Signed by Nast at bottom of mount below image with a deft penwork self-portrait in deliberate imitation of the photograph.

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NAST, THOMAS, Illustrator, cartoonist. Photograph signed ("Th: Nast. April 9th 1896"), with a self-portrait sketch added in margin, photograph by C.H. Frazier (copyright line at lower left of image), n.p. [1896]. 223 x 170 mm. (9 15/16 x 6 11/16 in.) including mount. A finely detailed platinum print showing a nearly half-length view of Nast with his head turned a bit to his right. The cartoonist and illustrator is best known for his scorching cartoons of "Boss" Tweed and his ring (which helped to bring down the corrupt New York City politician) and, in a different vein, for his illustrations to the immortal Christmas poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Signed by Nast at bottom of mount below image with a deft penwork self-portrait in deliberate imitation of the photograph.