But it was Nast’s revival of the Democratic donkey in his Jan. 18, 1870 cartoon, shown above — “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” — that popularized the symbol. The cartoon depicts ...
on January 15th 1870. A play on the proverb “a live ass is better than a dead lion”, Nast’s cartoon carries a different message. In it the donkey—ears back, hind legs poised to deliver a ...
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