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Title |
Diogenes has found the honest man. - (Which is Diogenes, and which is the honest man?) |
Creator |
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 |
Date |
1872-08-03 |
Signed Name |
Th. Nast |
Alternative title |
"As soon as the news that Greenley and Brown had been nominated was received, bunting was unfurled from every flag-staff on the City Hall. In the City Hall Park was displayed a large banner, bearing the inscription: 'Tammany responds to the nominations of the national convention at Baltimore'."- New York Tribune, July 11, 1872. |
Finding number |
CGA.AC.AP8.039 |
Start Date |
1872 |
End date |
1872 |
Genre |
Illustration |
Subject |
Politics & government Tammany Hall Political corruption New York City Presidential elections |
Related people |
Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878 |
Shown |
City Hall Campaign Signs Fat White Men Flags |
Published in |
Harper's Weekly |
Publication Vol. |
16 |
Publication No. |
814 |
Medium |
Ink/Paper |
Width (cm) |
27.800 |
Height (cm) |
39.800 |
Collection |
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum |
Description |
This cartoon on p. 605 shows Tweed shaking hands with a man presumed to be Diogenes at the National Convention, when Greenely and Brown were nominated for the U.S. presidential election in 1872. Published by Harper & Brothers. |
Credit line |
The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum |
Accession number |
CGA.2018.003 |
Version |
mechanical reproduction |