Have the Democrats an Elephant on Hand?

Description

Thomas Nast depicts Grover Cleveland, the Democratic president-elect who would take office on March 4, 1885 (just a week after this illustration was published), as an elephant. This is the only time Nast used what was by then a recognized Republican symbol for the party, for a Democrat.


Object Information

Date Created:

February 28, 1885

Local ID:

TN2010.931

Collection:

Collection of Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

Citation:

Thomas Nast (1840-1902), Have the Democrats an Elephant on Hand?, Harper's Weekly, February 28, 1885, TN2010.931

Creator(s):

Thomas Nast

Classification:

Engraving

Rights:

Public Domain