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 You could call it the face that ...

Thomas Nast’s illustrations of Santa for ‘Harper’s Weekly’ shaped the ... But the Santa Claus we know today would have been unfamiliar ... Nast first drew him for the January 3, 1863, ...

The drawing was by 22-year-old Thomas Nast, who was born in Germany and came to New York with his family at age 6. Nast said he based his Santa on a German version of Saint Nicholas, Pelze-Nicol.

Thomas Nast, “Santa Claus in Camp (from Harper’s Weekly)” (1863), wood engraving (all images courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art). These days, Santa sightings typically take place in ...

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

(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 ...

In early 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, cartoonist and illustrator Thomas Nast created a Christmas scene for the cover of Harper's Weekly. The cover showed Santa Claus arriving at a Union ...

Thomas Nast’s 1863 cover illustration for Harper’s Weekly is largely considered the first version of what today’s Santa Claus looks like: chubby, happy, and bearded. Odin, the Wanderer by ...

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 ...

The history of Santa Claus goes back centuries. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850. The family settled in New York City, ...

The history of Santa Claus goes back centuries. ... Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850. ... 1863 edition of Harper’s Weekly.

The history of Santa Claus goes back centuries. ... Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850. ... 1863 edition of Harper’s Weekly.