Two Heads Are Not Always Better Than One, by William Henry Boucher (1837-1906). Judy, (28 May 1877): 55-56. Click on image to enlarge it.
Here the house majority lead by Benjamin Disraeli conquers a figure bearing the heads of Gladstone, leader of the Liberals, and the Tzar of Russia, suggesting quite inaccurately that Gladstone is at one with the Tzar. He just didn’t want to plunge into war until necessary. Interestingly enough, Boucher here does not use the common figures for England found in cartoons — a corpulent John Bull or the figure of Britannia — but obviously decided a very masculine bearded warrior figure was needed.
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- On the Look-Out
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