Thomas Nast’s illustrations of Santa for ‘Harper’s Weekly’ shaped the Father Christmas we know today. ... Santa Claus. Nast first drew him for the January 3, 1863, ...

Cartoonist Thomas Nast first drew Santa Claus in January 1863, for Harper's Weekly. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929, via Metropolitan Museum of Art under CC 1.0 ...

(WVUE) - Cartoonist Thomas Nast, more than any other single individual, seems responsible for our modern day image of Santa Claus as a fat, bearded elf. Thomas Nast's iconic 1881 image of Santa ...

Thomas Nast, “Santa Claus and Little Bo Peep (published in Harper’s Young People)” (1879), relief print and electrotype. In 1889, after leaving Harper’s and having made a series of poor ...

Santa Claus and Thomas Nast. Share full article. ANTHONY LUMLEY. June 4, 1904; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 4, 1904, Section BR, Page ...

The Development of the Contemporary Santa Claus. ... developed in the post Civil War era. Mr. Stone was dressed as a patriotic Santa depicted in an 1863 cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast.

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum presents a rare summertime look at Thomas Nast’s most popular character, Santa Claus. Over 30 holiday images by Thomas Nast will be displayed in the large ...

Santa Claus in the 1910s and 1920s had largely come into focus as the jolly, bearded, ... famous cartoonist Thomas Nast had turned Santa Claus into a fully human-sized character and given him a home ...

Yet the first images of Santa Claus looks little like the Santa we know today. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850. The family ...

Thomas Nast's Civil War Santa, portrayed by historian Kevin Rawlings, will come to life again on Saturday when he makes an appearance at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.