Thomas Nast Political Cartoon About Boss William Tweed
The new york times revealed tweed s thievery.
Thomas nast political cartoon about boss william tweed. Thomas nast would rise to fame in the late 1860s when his innovative satirical comics led directly to the arrest of boss tweed. Tweed was a new york city politician who led a group of corrupt politicians. Tweed never served as mayor. Thomas nast became a hero for his crusade against boss tweed and the ring but it should be noted that nast was often fueled by his own prejudices.
Nast was a german immigrant who came to the united states with his family when he was six years old. William magear tweed 1823 1878 more commonly known in american history as boss tweed was an object of scathing criticism by thomas nast. Nast published a cartoon lampooning the election fraud and over the next few years he would turn his interest in tweed into a crusade. The public offices he held at times were always minor.
Tweed became notorious as boss tweed in new york city. This documentary created for national history day focuses on editorial cartoonist thomas nast s cartoon crusade against william boss tweed and the corrupt political machine known as tammany hall. Tweed was a walking caricature and that fired up the imagination of artist thomas nast a german immigrant who used squiggles and crosshatches to expose the soul of a swindler.