Grant asks Schurz to play on a Flute, Thomas Nast, 27 April 1872

With a caption taken from shakespeare's play hamlet, u. S. President ulysses s. Grant, seated in his throne, asks a skeptical senator carl schurz (with a concerned senator thomas w. Tipton standing beside him) to play on a flute which he proffers. Date: 27 April 1872.