German-born political cartoonist ... the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of ...

Along with thoughts of beer and fireworks, Uncle ... War cartoon character named Brother Jonathan, a moralistic Yankee with a tendency to lecture folks about improper behavior. Sam got his beard ...

1813 cartoon by Amos Doolittle of Connecticut. Alamy “Plague on you,” cries Brother Jonathan in an 1813 political cartoon ... the figure we now know as Uncle Sam, originally named after ...