The Irish Complaint (Curing or Killing)), by William Henry Boucher (1837-1906). Judy (21 January 1881): 30-31. Click on image to enlarge it.
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Boucher represents a generous John Bull offering “advances for improvements” as well as feeding the symbolic Irish family with bread and grain. Meanwhile the radical whose banner states “Parnell and Perdition to All Landlords” seeks to stir the Irish to violent revolt.
Links to related material
- Ireland (homepage)
- A Mischievious Crew (Boucher)
- A Model Debate — The Would-Be Reformers of the British Parliament (Boucher)
Bibliography
Curtis, Perry. Anglo-Saxons and Celts: A Study of Anti-Irish Prejudice in Victorian England.. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1968.
Curtis, Perry. Apes and Angels: The Irishman in Victorian Caricature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1971 (rev. ed. 1997)
>Martin, Amy E. Alter-Nations: Nationalisms, Terror, and the State in Nineteenth-Century Britain and Ireland. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2012. [Review]
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