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'TIGER & LAMB,' --drawng by Thomas Nast, January 22, 1876. "THEY BOTH LIE TOGETHER IN THE WASHINGTON AREA." Democratic Tiger “I have reformed, and am tame now” Republican Lamb “I - I believe you.”
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'TIGER & LAMB,' --drawng by Thomas Nast…

Rick Schmidt
Jul 7, 2024
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'TIGER & LAMB,' --drawng by Thomas Nast, January 22, 1876. "THEY BOTH LIE TOGETHER IN THE WASHINGTON AREA." Democratic Tiger “I have reformed, and am tame now” Republican Lamb “I - I believe you.”
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Steve Gillard
Jul 8

Wow! Again, what a testament to Nast's influence! It's also interesting (to me) that given his resistance to religion, at least Catholicism, the image of "the Lion shall lie down with the Lamb" is Biblical. (He used a tiger.) And it sounds like he didn't think it was a good thing.

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