A Merry Christmas (published in "Harper's Weekly," January 3, 1880)

Thomas Nast

originally published 1880 · Relief print and electrotype · Drawings and Prints

Santa dressed in a fur suit with a wide belt into which are tucked pieces of mistletoe, holds hands with Mother Goose to dance in an interior. The "Cat and the Fiddle" provides music and a "Little Dog" seated next to roaring fire laughs to see such fun. The related wood engraving appeared on the cover of Harper's Weekly, January 3, 1880.

Artist

Thomas Nast

Date

originally published 1880

Medium

Relief print and electrotype

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Thomas Nast Jr., Mabel Nast Crawford and Cyril Nast, 1933