Brought about the ruin of the grafters : Boss Tweed with police cartoon

This cartoon by Thomas Nast, caricaturist, portrays William M. Tweed, also known as Boss Tweed, towering over a policeman who is holding a prisoner. Reprinted from "Harper's weekly".

Publication date: 1933-11-05

Size: 10 x 6.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• New York (N.Y.)
• United States

Subject(s):

• Legislators--United States--1850-1860
• Tammany Hall (Political organization)--People--New York (State)--New York--1850-1860
• Tweed, William Marcy, 1823-1878

Genre(s):

• Cartoons (Commentary)
• Political cartoons

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (November 5, 1933), p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902