File:Democraticjackass.jpg
Nast cartoon of Democratic donkey, from "Harper's Weekly", January 19th 1870.
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Rearing donkey labelled "Copperhead Papers" kicks lion labelled "Hon. E.M. Stanton".
Caption: "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion. And such a Lion! and such a Jackass!"
There's a possible scriptural allusion to Ecclesiastes 9:4 -- "a living dog is better than a dead lion" (KJV)Source: Raw scan originally uploaded from http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/kicking_lion.htm to en.wikipedia. Heavily cleaned-up version uploaded to en:Image:Democraticjackass.jpg by User:AnonMoos on 11:19, 28 August 2005.
Ultimate source Harper's WeeklyThomas Nast
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Alternative names |
Thos. Nast; Nast; Th Nast; Th. Nast | ||
Description | American-German cartoonist and caricaturist | ||
Date of birth/death |
27 September 1840 ![]() |
7 December 1902 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Landau, Germany | Guayaquil, Ecuador | |
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England, Italy, USA | ||
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