Photo of Puck,Too many cooks spoil the broth,1884,Opper,Hubert Ogden Thompson
Title: 'Too many cooks spoil the broth' / F. Opper.
Creator(s): Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937, artist
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1884 January 23.
Summary: Illustration shows three cooks, one holding a large spoon labeled 'Assembly Committee' and gesturing to the others to stop; the second is holding a bowl labeled 'Special Grand Jury' from which he drops a handful into a large pot, and the third is holding a box labeled 'State Senate Committee' from which he is about to add more ingredients to the large pot labeled 'Investigation of the Department of Public Works, New York' heating over a fire labeled 'Public Pressure'; a man thumbing his nose, who may be Hubert O. Thompson, appears in the steam.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 14, no. 359, (1884 January 23), cover.
Copyright 1884 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Thompson, Hubert O.--(Hubert Ogden),--1848-1886.
New York (N.Y.).--Dept. of Public Works.
Governmental investigations--1880-1890.
Public service--1880-1890.
Cooks--1880-1890.
Fireplaces--1880-1890.
Public opinion--1880-1890.
Cauldrons--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Magazine covers--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
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