[An exacting housekeeper] SWANN - no. 1212 (C size) (C size)... |
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Options: 1) Download Source Image from Library of Congress 2) If link above doesn't work, try alternate LOC link 3) Report broken link TITLE:[An exacting housekeeper] CALL NUMBER:SWANN - no. 1212 (C size) (C size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-USZ62-85437 (b&w film copy neg.) SUMMARY:President Grover Cleveland busily sweeps dirt from the front door of the White House. His back is turned toward an angry Columbia, who castigates him for ignoring a garland labeled "Stock Tele[-]" lying beneath a tall cabinet. MEDIUM:1 drawing : India ink and scraping out on bristol board, mounted on pressed board ; 54 x 43 cm. (sheet) CREATED/PUBLISHED:1886 Mar. 20 [publication date] CREATOR: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist. NOTES: Title from Harper''s weekly. Published caption reads: "The reason you have this position is on account of your reputation for not leaving any rubbish like this around in dark corners." Signed, lower left: Th: Nast. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1118) Nast''s drawing refers to a scandal in President Cleveland''s cabinet involving his attorney Published in: Harper''s Weekly, March 20, 1886. Exhibit loan 4207-L. SUBJECTS: Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908. FORMAT: Periodical illustrations American 1880-1890. PART OF:Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection of Caricature & Cartoon (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b31965 CONTROL #:swa1994001416/PP
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