Merry Old Santa Claus

Thomas Nast

Painted

1881

Collection

Harper's Weekly, 1 January 1881

Thomas Nast's wood engraving from the 1 January 1881 issue of Harper's Weekly, often credited with fixing the modern image of Santa Claus. Wearing a fur cap topped with holly and puffing a long pipe, Santa clutches an armful of presents: a baby doll, a toy sword, a pocket watch and a picture book. Nast had been drawing Santa for the magazine since 1863, and this jolly, white-bearded figure became the best known of them.

Object record (Wikimedia Commons) · Public domain

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