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When he was not quite 19 years old, Thomas Nast’s first opportunity to
contribute political cartoons on a regular basis came in early September 1859
with the establishment of Phunny Phellow, a comic monthly supported by
the hugely successful publisher of popular fiction, Street and Smith. The young
caricaturist’s unsigned work as a professional illustrator had been appearing
intermittently in the firm’s flagship New York Weekly for several
months. He would maintain a working relationship with the two Street and Smith
publications until August 1873, when a new contract with Harper’s Weekly
obligated him to end the association. |
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