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Summary

DescriptionSumner Lion.png	Charles Sumner puts his head in the gaping mouth of a lion while holding papers relating to the investigation that U.S. violated its neutral obligations by selling arms to France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. In his pocket are papers relating to U.S. claims against Great Britain for violating its neutral obligations by outfitting privateers during the Civil War ("Alabama claims"). Carl Schurz looks on anxiously in the background.
Date	March 9, 1872, p. 200
Source	Harper's Weekly
Author	Thomas Nast  (1840–1902)      Alternative names Thos. Nast; Nast; Th Nast; Th. Nast Description American-German cartoonist and caricaturist Date of birth/death 27 September 1840  7 December 1902  Location of birth/death Landau, Germany Guayaquil, Ecuador Work location England, Italy, USA Authority file : Q214957 VIAF: 69106390 ISNI: 0000000083916268 ULAN: 500026650 LCCN: n78083448 NLA: 35373399 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q214957

Caption: PUTTING HIS HEAD IN THE BRITISH LION'S MOUTH.

“Why did he seek this counsel? It was to prove that our Government had violated its neutral obligations to Germany, to embroil us in a diplomatic difficulty with that Power, and to prejudice our own case with the tribunal at Geneva, by showing that we sinned as gravely against Germany as England sinned against us in the time of the Rebellion.” — N. Y. Herald, Feb. 21, 1872.

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