The Compliments of the Season March 4

Description

This image may be viewed as the passing of the torch from Chester A. Arthur to the new President, Grover Cleveland, two presidents whom Nast admired. As Chester A. Arthur leaves his term in the White House, Grover Cleveland takes over the presidency. Columbia is seen between the presidents linking the two men with her virtue and moral strength. Both men were champions of Civil Service reform and battled against corrupt politicians.

Object Information

Date Created:

March 7, 1885

Local ID:

TN2010.932

Collection:

Collection of Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

Citation:

Thomas Nast (1840-1902), "The Compliments of the Season March 4", Harper's Weekly, March 7, 1885, TN2010.932

Creator(s):

Thomas Nast

Classification:

Engraving

Rights:

Public Domain

Appears In

Resource Kit
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

The 22nd and 24th President: Thomas Nast Illustrates Grover Cleveland

Stephen Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. He was the only President to serve non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897), up until this year when President Donald Trump won the office for a second time. In 1884 Nast, along with Harper’s Weekly editor George Curtis, broke with the Republican Party to support the Democratic Candidate Grover Cleveland. This Resource Kit explores Nast's illustrations in support of the first two-term President serving non-consecutive terms, his switch from a Republican to a Democrat, and Nast's waning influence as a political cartoonist.

Created by: Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

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