Cartoon, "What Are You Going to Do About It", 1872
Cartoon, "What Are You Going to Do About It", 1872
- Description
- Editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast continued the tradition of using animals as symbols in party politics and sharpened it as an art form. In this satirical cartoon that appeared on August 31, 1872 in Harper’s Weekly, Nast depicts New York City’s corrupt Tammany Society as a fierce tiger, being whitewashed by Democratic presidential candidate Horace Greeley.
- Object Name
- Cartoon
- date made
- 1872
- described
- Greeley, Horace
- artist
- Nast, Thomas
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 38.735 cm x 26.67 cm
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1872.A050
- accession number
- 227739
- catalog number
- 227739.1872.A050
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
- subject
- Political Caricatures
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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