| Show R k BEFORE MEE nw 14 EYE 1141 I 1 14 NAST DIES OF YELLOW FEVER famous cartoon st carried off at his post in ecuador consul general thomas nast the famous cartoonist died at Gu ayaquil IL cuador after three days illness from yellow fei feer er the funeral was attended by the governor the consular corps the american olona and by many friends the coffin mas a wrapped in the stars and stripes the british consul re cited a prayer in the cemetery the death of mr vast nast is deeply lamented by the bathes who held him in high esteem thomas nast was appointed consul general at guayaquil Gu ayaquil this year arria ing here in july he was born in landau bavaria sept 27 1840 and moved with his patents to the united states six years later HIS LIF lifa AND CAREER may properly clam cla m to have been the ong nal newspaper cartoonist thomas nast may be said to have been the original newspaper cartoon list 1st and it was to his talent that car the dally daily press owe earliest development among the well known and types used in political cartoons mr nast created many the tweed f A thomas nast money bag the republican party elephant and the democratic jackass originated with him the line of work since developed and improved by some borne was entirely of his creation he ile kept up his drawing and car toon work even after his departure to south america and one of the latest pictures to go the rounds of the newspapers was a portrait of himself with his gripsack under his arm starting for the south from which it now cloves he was never to return he was credited by gen grant with having done much to end the war as any other one man he began his career with leslie at a salary of 5 per week which was raised to 7 50 soon after here he worked for 11 t ree years studying at the school ot design in the evenings when the new york illustrated news was started he secured more remunerative munera tive work being sent to eng ind land 1 to make sketches of the heenan and sayers prize fight about which above Is the characteristic cartoon sent to secretary hay when he applied for the post of consul general at Gu ayaquil it is considered one of the most clever efforts he ever made and probably secured him the position the greatest excitement then prevailed this event was the making of nast the breaking out of the rebellion gave him the requisite opportunity of exhibiting his skill at battle scenes then did the harpers gladly secure his services and their pages since with the exception of an interval of a few years record his ability in de alf pitting humorous and pathetic illus orations trat lons ions allegorical and satirical rep X presentations a list of the titles of which would fill a column v it his home was at morristown N J and was notable for the pictures and sketches it contained |
