Cur-tail-phobia,Cartoon,Civil Service Reform,1876,Nast

Title: Cur-tail-phobia
Date Created/Published: 1876.
Medium: 1 print : wood engraving.
Summary: Cartoon on Civil Service Reform showing 'Mr. Statesman' cutting the tail (salaries) off a mangy dog (Civil Service 'Spoils System') as Uncle Sam says, 'you are, as usual, at the wrong end'; Civil Service reform guidelines are printed above: better pay and working conditions ('a hungry dog will steal') and retirement benefits ('the present system will only produce curs').
Notes:
Wood engraving from drawing by Thomas Nast.
Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 April 22, cover.
Reference copy may bein LOT 4403.
This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
Caption card tracings: Uncle Sam; Politics, Corruption in; Civil service; PI Works; Reformers; Cartoons, US; Shelf.
Bookmark /2006681429/
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