The Clever Old Dog

The Clever Old Dog

George Gatcombe

Fun 58 (2 August 1893): 45

Couplet beneath the caption:

This is the dog the trick can do;
Hist! Whoop-la! and he’s through.

Despite the optimism about the passage of Home Rule displayed in this and other cartoons, such as “The Last Sweeps of the Scythe,” in Fun, Gladstone failed to pass this crucial piece of legislation.

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