A Lancashire burglar, dressed in rags and smoking a pipe, with his dog, represented as a supporter of the Conservative Party. Lithograph (?), March 1880.
- Date:
- March 1880
- Reference:
- 568613i
- Part of:
- Victorian album of political satires.
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Jingo: "A nickname for those who supported and lauded the policy of Lord Beaconsfield in sending a British fleet into Turkish waters to resist the advance of Russia in 1878" (Oxford English dictionary). "The blues": the Conservative party, led by Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)
Publication/Creation
Manchester (3 Homer Terrace, Cornbrook Park) : William Dewane, March 1880.
Physical description
1 print (album page 17a) : lithograph (?) ; image 17.3 x 26.8 cm
Lettering
The blues for me. A Lancashire Jingo burglar type sketched from life in Chapel St. Salford ...
Reference
Wellcome Collection 568613i
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