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[Cabinet Card photograph of Thomas Nast]

Three-quarter length oval portrait of Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast. Signed and dated on the mount. Remnant tax stamp on verso.

GLC07364

Attack on Port Hudson

One engraving entitled "Attack on Port Hudson" dated 1864. Depicts battle between Union and Confederate forces during the Battle of Port Hudson, May 22-July 9, 1863. Engraved from the original painting by Nast, in the possession of the publishers at...

GLC08878.0128

Battle of Lookout Mountain

One engraving entitled "Battle of Lookout Mountain" dated 1864. Depicts combat between Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863. Union soliders climb to the top of lookout Mountian towards an awaiting...

GLC08878.0134

Battle of Chicamauga-Lt. Van Pelt Defending His Battery

One engraving entitled, "Battle of Chicamauga-Lt. Van Pelt Defending his battery" dated 1864. Depicts Lieutenant Van Pelt preparing to battle approaching Confederate forces at the Battle of Chicamauga, September 10-18, 1863. Engraved after an...

GLC08878.0165

Attack on Knoxville

One engraving entitled "Attack on Knoxville" dated 1865. Depicts a scene from the Battle of Knoxville, November 17- December 4, 1863. Union soliders defend Knoxville from a Confederate attack. In the center of the image a Union solider shoots a...

GLC08878.0168

Attack on Fort Wagner

One engraving entitled "Attack on Fort Wagner" dated 1864. Depicts close combat between African American Union troops and Confederate forces, defending Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863. African American troops attempt to break through the Confederates...

GLC08878.0172

Capture of the Works at Petersburg

One engraving entitled "Capture of the Works at Petersburg" dated 1865. Depicts Union troops triumphantly climbing uphill. In the background Union soliders stand atop a hill raising the Union Flag. In the Foreground a solider lies wounded in branches...

GLC08878.0174

The Degrading Compromise that the Northern Copperhead Leaders Would Force Upon the Country

Illustrated election broadside printed and circulated by the Indiana Union Club in Washington, D.C. The broadside is trying to influence the voters of Indiana to not vote for pro-Southern Copperheads. Top half of the broadside consists of an image...

GLC06032

to Mr. Nast

Hay writes, "I was no less surprised than delighted at receiving your precious gift. I never expect men of genius to keep their promises any more than women of beauty. But I am all the more grateful, and shall leave this picture with especial pride...

GLC02490.08

Engraving of Stonewall Jackson

One engraving of Stonewall Jackson dated 1866. Seated portrait of Jackson in from of his tent. Based on painting by Thomas Nast.

GLC08878.0330

Engraving of John A. Logan

One engraving of John A. Logan dated 1865. Standing portrait of Logan based on painting by Thomas Nast.

GLC08878.0381