Hush money--or money for the sewer / Frank Beard. – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique lithograph captures Hush money--or money for the sewer / Frank Beard. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Hush money--or money for the sewer / Frank Beard.
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Frank Beard's two-page color lithograph, published in *Judge* on March 1, 1884, plays on a pun in its title, "Hush money, or money for the sewer." The joke links two kinds of payment: the quiet sum that buys an officer's silence and public funds that disappear into municipal building projects. Beard was one of the leading American cartoonists of his day, and *Judge*, a New York humor weekly, used spreads like this to lampoon city government and its tangle of graft. The subjects named in the record, corruption, bribery and the police, reflect the public suspicion of urban officials that ran through the decade.
| Created / published | 1884 March 1. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (2 p.) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Political cartoons American 1880-1890.Periodical illustrations 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Judge, v. 5, 1884 March 1, pp. 8-9. |
| Subjects | Corruption--1880-1890. Bribery--1880-1890. Police--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,467 × 1,177 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218648 |
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