A Thomas Nast reproduction drawing on the theme of Christmas depicting a sleeping mouse family on the night before Christmas -- Christmas Eve! Above the mantle is one of Nast’s images of Santa Claus and on the mantle next to the mice is a copy of a…
A Thomas Nast reproduction drawing on the theme of Christmas depicting children ready to hang their stockings on the mantel of the fireplace only to ask their dog, “Don’t you wish you wore stockings?” in the hopes that Santa Claus would fill them…
This Thomas Nast scene resembles a large valentine as it portrayed the love between a wife looking up at the moon and praying for her husband in the left oval while he, on picket duty in front of a camp-fire, gazed longingly at photographs of his…
A Thomas Nast reproduction drawing on the theme of Christmas depicting nursery rhyme vignettes as well as vignettes of the United States military throughout. In the center of the lower portion of this illustration Nast depicted Santa Claus with his…
A Thomas Nast reproduction drawing on the theme of Christmas depicting Santa’s Workshop featuring a fur-suited Santa standing on a chair to reach the stockings hung on the mantle. To his left, he is using hand tools to make toys in his workshop,…
Created by Thomas Nast for a Christmas Supplement to Harper's Weekly on December 31st, 1870, this image depicts a young boy and girl looking up at a Santa Claus doll, surrounded by characters from beloved fairy tales such as Cinderella and Red Riding…
This Civil War Christmas image by Thomas Nast depicts Santa Claus as a smaller figure coming out of the fireplace and kneeling on a chair to make sure the children are asleep before he leaves the Christmas gifts on Christmas Eve. The main vignette in…