In the same 1874 cartoon mentioned above, Nast depicted an elephant labeled "The Republican Vote" being frightened by the donkey in the lion's skin. The elephant symbolized the Republican vote ...

The GOP elephant made its first appearance in its 1874 cartoon "The Third Term Panic," which was published in Harper's Weekly. The cartoon depicts a donkey dressed in lion's clothing, scaring a ...

Nast drew cartoons about the mistreatment ... of a third term as president. A donkey wearing a lion’s skin representing “Caesarism” frightens away an elephant labeled as the “Republican ...

the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of the nineteenth century.

The Republican elephant made its lumbering debut in an unflattering cartoon on November 7th 1874, in “The Third-Term Panic”. In it, a donkey (“N.Y. Herald”, a democratic newspaper ...

In his 1874 cartoon, “The Third-Term Panic ... solidifying the elephant as a symbol of Republican ideals. Much like the donkey, the elephant conveys the qualities the party aspires to ...