Nast T. 1871. Wood engraving. From Harper's Weekly, Oct. 21, 1871. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. (Source: Shikes, R. E., 1969, The Indignant Eye: The Artist as Social Critic in Prints and Drawings from the Fifteenth Century to Picasso, Beacon Press, Boston).

The Brains

According to Shikes (pp 311-312) Thomas Nast achieved "a powerful, graphic simplicity" whilst working for Harper's Weekly magazine which was put to good use in a courageous fight against corrupt New York City bosses.