The Democratic Donkey by Thomas Nast

Cartoonist Thomas nast first used the donkey to satirize a group of northern democrats known as copperheads. The image depicts a donkey kicking a dead lion in front of a tree, and an eagle is perched on a nearby rock. Nast continued to use the donkey to symbolize democratic groups throughout his tenure at harper's weekly. And that time nast introduced a republican animal to go along with it. Once again, the artist's own political allegiance was hard to miss. Most people no longer remember the political conflicts that thomas na first use these animal symbols to satirize. However, the symbols themselves are still very much in use,. proof positive that the german born