Seymour B. Durst Old York Library collection on Thomas Nast, bulk 1860-1880

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
11078320 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Durst, Seymour B., 1913-1995; Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902; Durst, Seymour B., 1913-1995
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
3 print boxes; 3 portfolios
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

Scope and content

The collection is made up of full sheets, removed from Harper's Weekly, which contain illustrations by Thomas Nast.

Publication Date

ca. 1860s-1880s

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical sketch

Thomas Nast was a German-born American cartoonist; contributed to Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, New York Illustrated News, and Harper's Weekly; traveled to Europe in 1860; lived in New York City and Morristown, N.J.; appointed consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1902 where he died of yellow fever 07 Dec. 1902.

Subject Headings

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Subject
American wit and humor, Pictorial CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Cartoonists -- United States CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID