The cartoon, titled “The Third Term Panic,” showed a donkey (representing the Herald and the Democratic press) wearing a lion’s skin (labeled “Caesarism") to frighten a group of animals.

The cartoon depicted the New York Herald as a donkey wrapped in a lion's skin, scaring the other animals of the jungle. Among the scared animals in Nast's illustration was a large, clumsy elephant ...

Of course, we’re talking about the elephant and donkey ... for each party in various cartoons. After that, others followed his lead and continued to connect the animals to their respective ...

In an 1874 cartoon published in Harper's Weekly, Nast depicted a donkey (representing the Democratic press) in a lion's skin scaring away animals, including an elephant labeled "The Republican Vote." ...

In the cartoon, Nast portrayed the Democratic donkey scaring other animals, including an elephant labeled “The Republican Vote.” This resonated with the public, and the elephant soon became widely ...

an elephant for Republicans and donkey for Democrats. The two animals appear every election cycle, with illustrations of donkeys and elephants showing up in countless political cartoons ...

The donkey has long represented the Democratic Party, just as the elephant is known to represent Republicans. How exactly did this come to be? It turns out these animals have been patriotic since ...

A gray miniature donkey named Perry who lives in California is possibly the most famous donkey alive: He was the model for the Donkey character voiced by Eddie Murphy in the 2001 animated movie ...

One of the most famous cartoons by Nast was published in 1874 in Harper's Weekly, where he depicted a donkey in a lion's skin, scaring away other animals, symbolizing the Democrats attempting to ...