U. S. Senator carl schurz's head and shoulders stick out of a basket-weave trash receptacle; one of his arms sticks out indignantly to one side. A huge desk behind him and pairs of giant legs on either side of him lend him a pygmyish look. In the receptacle he is surrounded by papers with various issues he has worked on in the u. S. Senate. Date: 11 January 1873.
