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For he's a jolly good fellow so say we all of us"" – Vintage Print

For he's a jolly good fellow so say we all of us"", c1889. — antique engraving
For he's a jolly good fellow so say we all of us"", c1889.. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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A window into the past: For he's a jolly good fellow so say we all of us"", preserved in this antique engraving. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Thomas Nast's engraving pairs the toasting song "For he's a jolly good fellow" with a Christmas scene, and its caption card links it to Santa Claus and music. It appeared as an illustration in *Christmas Drawings for the Human Race*, a collection of Nast's holiday drawings dated to about 1889. Nast, a German-born cartoonist known for his work in *Harper's Weekly*, helped shape the modern image of Santa Claus, so his holiday pieces are useful for seeing how sentiment and humor mixed in popular Christmas art. The date and subject tags come from an unverified caption card, so treat them as provisional.

Created / publishedc1889.
Medium1 print : engraving.
SubjectsEngraving by Thomas Nast. Illus. in: Thomas Nast, Christmas Drawings for the Human Race, c1889. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Music; Santa Claus; Christmas; Pub. Ind.
Original scan1,230 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-157371

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