A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"-"Let Us Prey" (from "Harper's Weekly") September 23, 1871 After Thomas Nast American, born Germany Widely considered to be one of the most important American satirists of the nineteenth century, Thomas Nast was the leading cartoonist at Harpers Weekly from 1859 through 1886. An outspoken defender of principled politicians, Nast targeted leaders whom he deemed unethical through his biting illustrations. These works harnessed popular references that could be easily understood by a partially illiterate audience. The prototype of power broker William M. "Boss" Tweed as a corrupt fraudster became fixed in the American political imagination thanks to Nasts series of illustrations published in Harpers Weekly in the months leading up to the New York state election in 1871, which is credited with helping to sway the public to vote the Democrats out of power. Here, "Boss Tweed" and his associates are depicted as vultures feeding off the

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A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over"-"Let Us Prey" (from "Harper's Weekly") September 23, 1871 After Thomas Nast American, born Germany Widely considered to be one of the most important American satirists of the nineteenth century, Thomas Nast was the leading cartoonist at Harpers Weekly from 1859 through 1886. An outspoken defender of principled politicians, Nast targeted leaders whom he deemed unethical through his biting illustrations. These works harnessed popular references that could be easily understood by a partially illiterate audience. The prototype of power broker William M. "Boss" Tweed as a corrupt fraudster became fixed in the American political imagination thanks to Nasts series of illustrations published in Harpers Weekly in the months leading up to the New York state election in 1871, which is credited with helping to sway the public to vote the Democrats out of power. Here, "Boss Tweed" and his associates are depicted as vultures feeding off the

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