Cartoons by Sir John Tenniel, Selected from the Pages of "Punch"

Name: Cartoons by Sir John Tenniel, Selected from the Pages of "Punch"
Author: Tenniel, John

Tenniel, John

Caricatures and cartoons

Paradise and the Peri                                               42
    The General Election had given the Conservatives a majority,
    and Mr. Disraeli became Premier for the second time.

  Dearly Bought                                                       43
    Sir Garnet Wolseley’s march to Coomassie involved much loss
    of life, with little more result than the possession of the
    Umbrella, the symbol of Ashanti sovereignty.

  The Damp Roman Candle                                               44
    The fulminations of the Vatican against the
    Anti-Infallibility pamphlet of Mr. Gladstone had failed to
    produce the effect intended.

  “Mosé in Egitto!!!”                                                 45
    Mr. Disraeli had successfully effected the purchase from the
    Khedive, for the sum of £4,000,000, of all his shares in the
    Suez Canal.

  Waiting to be Won                                                46-47
    An Arctic expedition in search of the North Pole, consisting
    of H.M. ships _Alert_ and _Discovery_, had sailed on the
    29th of May.

  Stuck in the Mud                                                    48
    After the death of M. Thiers, Marshal MacMahon maintained a
    stubborn attitude; he was believed to be under the influence
    of reactionary advisers.

  The “Pas de Deux!”                                                  49
    Upon their return from Berlin Lords Beaconsfield and
    Salisbury were invested with the Order of the Garter.

  Imperium et Libertas!                                            50-51
    An adaptation of Lord Beaconsfield’s phrase, suggested by
    the state of things in Russia, where there had been another
    Nihilist attempt upon the life of the Emperor.

  The School of Musketry                                              52
    At the battle of Majuba Hill the Boers had shown their
    superiority in marksmanship. “Mr. Punch” points the lesson
    for the benefit of the Duke of Cambridge.

  A Common Sorrow                                                     53
    General Garfield, President of the United States, had
    succumbed to the effect of the shot of the assassin Guiteau,
    who had fired at him on July 2nd.

  “Out of the Wood!”                                               54-55
    The Irish Land Bill, designed in the interests of Hibernia,
    after many difficulties had finally passed.

  Change of Address                                                   56
    The new Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand were opened
    by Queen Victoria on the 4th December.

  On the Trail                                                        57
    Seventeen persons suspected of complicity with the Phœnix
    Park murders had been arrested. There was a good hope of at
    length securing the clue to the series of crimes.

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Cartoons by Sir John Tenniel, Selected from the Pages of "Punch"

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