Public Corruption, tub has no bottom / Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist

This tub has no bottom to stand on
Title: This tub has no bottom to stand on / Th. Nast.
Creator(s): Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, artist
Date Created/Published: 1875 June 5.
Summary: Print shows Justice, with scales hanging from her waist, lifting a washtub labeled 'Public Corruption' by the handles, but the rings that hold it together break, they are labeled 'The Press Ring, Canal Ring, Whiskey Ring, Indian Ring, City Ring, [and] Tammany Ring', this allows the bottom labeled 'Tammany Hall 1872' to fall to the floor, spilling the contents labeled 'Bribery, Internal Revenue Frauds, Custom House Frauds, Credit Mobilier Frauds, Treasury Frauds, Post Office Frauds, Savings Banks Frauds, Pacific Mail Subsidy, Dirty Linen, [and] Embezzling'. A 'Notice' on the wall states 'Let every tub stand on its own bottom' showing a tub with rings labeled 'Honesty - Duty, Capacity - Intelligence, [and] Education'. A washboard leans against the wall behind Justice.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption continues: Justice (chief washer-woman).- 'The bottom fell out, and the rest came tumbling after.'
Published in Harper's Weekly, 1875 June 5, p. 464.
Forms part of: Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902. Illustrations and political cartoons by Thomas Nast which is part of: Ben and Beatrice Goldstein Foundation collection.
Subjects:
Tammany Hall--1870-1880.
Corruption--New York (State)--New York--1870-1880.
Wash tubs--1870-1880.
Washboards--1870-1880.
Laundry--1870-1880.
Justice--1870-1880.
Political cartoons--American--1870-1880.
Wood engravings--1870-1880.
Bookmark /2010644174/
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