“The Guardian Angel (Cerulean).” Judy, or the London Serio-Comic Journal. (23 May 1877): 51. Courtesy of the HathiTrust and the Harvard University Library. Click on image to enlarge it.
Benevolent Clergyman to Jo Why are you standing There, little man?
Jo. ’Cause I’ve Nowhere to go yo.
Clergyman. Where are your Father and Mother?
Jo. Dunno! Gone away, this ever so long!
Clergyman. Poor little Fellow! Well, well, can you answer me this question? When your Father and Mother Forsake you, who is it that will Take you Up?
Jo. The Perliceman!
Bibliography
Scully, Richard. Eminent Victorian Cartoonists – Volume II: The Rivals of "Mr Punch." London: Political Cartoon Society, 2018 (esp. pp.52-92).
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