The following chronological list of Nast’s Chinese-themed cartoons is provided courtesy of John Adler and Robert Kennedy of HarpWeek.com

Adler wrote, “Attached are two lists of Thomas Nast’s cartoons in Harper’s Weekly which my HarpWeek historian, Dr. Robert C. Kennedy, indexed under Chinese-Americans (26) and Chinese Exclusion (26). There are 8 common to both categories, leaving 44 net.”

To the list provided I added two cartoons drawn on Feb. 12, 1881 and March 27, 1886 not included in Adler’s list. I have also added Nast’s famous “The American River Ganges” for while it is not about Chinese issues, it does feature a Chinese youth in the the context of New York public school education.

To offer a contrasting view of the Chinese, selections from San Francisco artist George F. Keller are provided. Click here>>> To see selected anti-Chinese cartoons drawn by George Frederick Keller for The San Francisco Illustrated Wasp.

Unless otherwise noted, all images included in this website were personally scanned by Michele Walfred from the collection from the University of Delaware. These scans are offered to the public domain and may be reproduced. Attribution to this website is appreciated.

Date of Harper’s Weekly Issue –  Title of Cartoon

• 18 July 1868 – “The Youngest (America) Introduces the Oldest (China)“
• 7 August 1869 – “Pacific Chivalry”
  
• 20 November 1869 – “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner“
• 26 February 1870 – “Distribution of the Sectarian Fund“
• 18 July 1870 – “The Martyrdom of St. Crispin”
  
• 23 July 1870 – “Throwing Down the Ladder by Which They Rose”
  
• 6 August 1870 – “The New Comet – A Phenomenon Now Visible in All Parts of the US“
• 6 August 1870 – “The Latest Edition of “ShooFly!“
• 18 February 1871- “The Chinese Question“
  
• 25 February 1871 – “Church and State – No Union Upon Any Terms”
  
• 29 July 1871 – “Something That Will Not Blow Over”
  
• 30 September 1871 – “The American River Ganges“
• 6 April 1878 – “Hard to Please the “White Trash”
  
• 8 February 1879 – “Every Dog “(No Distinction of Color)” Has His Day“
• 8 March 1879 – “The Civilization of Blaine“
• 8 March 1879 – ““Ah, Sin Was his Name““
• 15 March 1879 – “A Matter of Taste“
• 15 March 1879 – “Blaine Language“
• 22 March 1879 -“Protecting White Labor“
• 29 March 1879 -“Difficult Problems Solving Themselves”
• 13 September 1879 – ““The Nigger Must Go” and “The Chinese Must Go”“
• 31 January 1880 – “Political Capitol and Compound Interest“
• 20 March 1880 – “The Ides of March“
• 20 March 1880 – “Blaine’s Teas(e)“
• 27 March 1880 – “Eastward the Star of Empire Returns“
• 1 May 1880 – “Boom! Boom!! Boom!!!“
• 8 May 1880 – “The “Magnetic” Blaine, or a Very Heavy “Load”-Stone for the Republican Party“
• 22 May 1880 – “A Paradox“
• 5 February 1881 – “Celestial“
• 12 February 1881 “A Diplomatic (Chinese) Design Presented to the U.S.”
• 18 March 1882 – “Let the Chinese Embrace Civilization, and They May Stay“
• 25 March 1882 – “Which Color is to be Tabooed Next?“
• 1 April 1882 – “E Pluribus Unum (Except the Chinese)“
• 15 April  – “The Veto“
• 22 April 1882 – “At Last the Democratic Tiger Has Something to Hang On“
• 20 May 1882 – “(DIS) “Honors are Easy” “
• 1 July 1882 – “Now “The American Must Go“
• 19 August 1882 – “A Distinction Without a Difference“
• 9 September 1882 – “More Protection in a Free Country“
• 16 December 1882 – “Dr. Arthur’s Prescriptions“
• 19 September 1885 – “Here’s a Pretty Mess!” (In Wyoming)“
• 28 November 1885 – “The Union Altar – The Animal Sacrifice That Cheers Many Hearts“
• 20 March 1886 – “Murderers Stop at Nothing“
• 20 March 1886 – “If We Were Enough of a Nation to Demand – We Ought to Be Enough of a Nation Now to Pay“
• 27 March 1886 “Justice for the Chinese“
• 15 May 1886 – “The Chinese Puzzled“