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Uncle Sam - personification of USA, riding a snail labled "45th Congress". Title: "The Lightning Speed of Honesty."

Date

1877

Source

Cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in the 24 November 1877 issue of Harper’s Weekly.

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Author



Alternative names	Thos. Nast; Nast; Th Nast; Th. Nast
Description	American-German cartoonist and caricaturist
Date of birth/death	27 September 1840	7 December 1902
Location of birth/death	Landau, Germany	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Work location	England, Italy, USA
Authority file	: Q214957 VIAF: 69106390 ISNI: 0000000083916268 ULAN: 500026650 LCCN: n78083448 NLA: 35373399 WorldCat

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