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| Keywords: Schurz and Sumner as Mephistopheles and Faust.jpg en Carl Schurz as Mephistopheles from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's dramatic poem Faust leans over Charles Sumner as Faust and points to the alluring Lady USA in the background In their roles as U S Senators they are apparently judging from the words Sumner is writing on the paper in front of him discussing strategy regarding their investigation of sales of arms to France during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 Harper's Weekly Creator Thomas Nast March 9 1872 p 185 Caption MEPHISTOPHELES AT WORK FOR DESTRUCTION <small>A BID FOR THE GERMAN VOTE </small> PD-old-100 Caricatures of Carl Schurz Charles Sumner 1870s political cartoons of the United States Thomas Nast Faust Mephisto | ||||
