A Model office-seeker--I am a lawyer a theologian and a politician!"--Charles J. Guiteau / WAT." – Antique Print
![A Model office-seeker--I am a lawyer a theologian and a politician!"--Charles J. Guiteau / WAT.", [1869] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0a/0a77e2daf110-L.webp)
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This rare antique engraving captures A Model office-seeker--I am a lawyer a theologian and a politician!"--Charles J. Guiteau / WAT." in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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A Model office-seeker--I am a lawyer a theologian and a politician!"--Charles J. Guiteau / WAT."
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Here the target is a man who called himself "a lawyer, a theologian and a politician," and the caption lets him say so in his own words. Charles J. Guiteau was an office-seeker pressing for a federal appointment after the 1868 election, and *Harper's Weekly* ran this wood engraving, signed with the initials "WAT," in its March 27, 1869 issue, on page 204. The joke rests on the gap between his grand self-description and his obvious eagerness for a post. Readers who later learned that Guiteau shot President James Garfield in 1881 will find the portrait of a pushy applicant especially pointed.
| Created / published | [1869] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | [1869] |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 March 27, p. 204. LC copy has tear through the middle. |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,280 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-181862 |
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