Object Details
- Description
- Cartoonist Thomas Nast featured an elephant for the first time in 1874 to represent the Republican vote. He rendered the animal, unsure of its own weight, plodding through planks representing its own party platform.
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- associated institution
- Republican National Party
- associated date
- 1874 11 07
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 1/2 in x 15 3/4 in; 26.67 cm x 40.005 cm
- Object Name
- Cartoon
