in 1880 he returned to frank leslie and left the newspaper for good. he tried to build a career as a painter and failed. he tried to establish his own paper called nast weekly. that also failed. and, finally, the only complete collection the university of minnesota archives, when you meet him you think, no. finally, he turns to his connection and theodore roosevelt administration, one of the people had also worked for abraham lincoln and nast as a result of known him. so he called up theodore roosevelt administration, looking for someone who could help him pay his bills and give them some honorable retirement. he succeeded at this but it was unfortunate because he got an appointment in july 1902, or to contract yellow fever and he was dead in early december. so this did not in with the way he hoped. when it comes to massive legacy which some people like to talk about a lot, he's famous for three things. primarily for, first, upon precision of the elephant and a donkey as symbols of the democratic and republican party. the he did not originate the use o

and he primarily moved to harper's because frank leslie didn't like to pay his employees. at harpers he built a career that catapulted him into fame and fortune for a while, and an enduring place. and in his prime he was the most famous cartoonist in the united states. he produced not just cartoons but also illustrations and christmas drawings. illustrations of the civil are specially famous now, and this is one of the illustrations he produced which depicted the attack on a border town by guerrilla fighters. and so much great about this drawing is they're doing everything that you can imagine. they're drinking, committed vandalism, they're hanging a baby upside down. they are stealing pocket watches. people are being painted. it's really very bad. unfortunately his career and did not so much with a bang but a whimper. the friday pace with which he produced cartoons, particularly in the early 1870s again to wear out his arm and shoulder. as a consequence he had to stop cartoon for a while several times and he also, his work began to decline. people start to move on to othe