Background
Harding, Nelson was born on October 31, 1879 in New York City. Son of Charles N. and Flora (McGregor) Harding.
Harding, Nelson was born on October 31, 1879 in New York City. Son of Charles N. and Flora (McGregor) Harding.
Educated Greenwich (Connecticut) Academy. Art education, Art Students’ League, New York City, Chase School, New York School of Artist Studied under Robert Henri.
The particular cartoon cited in 1928, "May His Shadow Never Grow Less", was a tribute drawn at the end of the 1927 calendar year to flier Charles Lindbergh. Harding was born in New York City. His work was often politically conservative by the standards of his day.
He took a leading role in opposition to what some New Yorkers considered to be a threat from Bolshevism in the late 1910s, during the so-called First Red Scare.
His cartoons portrayed political radicals as bomb-throwers and terrorists.
Served as private infantry, United States Volumes, Spanish-American War. Member Ngakkan Nyaagu, 1898-1908, First lieutenant, 1917-1918. Member 71st Regiment Veterans’.
Association.
Married Anna Seamon, March 8, 1911. Children: Peggy Rives, Jean McGregor.