'Twas the night after Christmas – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
'Twas the night after Christmas comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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'Twas the night after Christmas
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Rather than the eve of the holiday, this engraving turns to the day after, as its title, a playful twist on the opening line of Clement Clarke Moore's poem, suggests. It comes from *Thomas Nast's Christmas Drawings for the Human Race*, a book published in 1890 that gathered the festive illustrations of the German-born cartoonist. Nast had helped shape the American image of Santa Claus through his work for *Harper's Weekly*, and his holiday pictures often blend sentiment with sly social commentary.
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1890 |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Thomas Nast's Christmas Drawings for the Human Race, 1890. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Holidays--Christmas; Artists, Publ. Index; RBD; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,483 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133493 |
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