“Settling the Question” (“Fun” 1876)

Settling the Question

Gordon Thomson (fl. 1866-1886)

Wood engraving by the Dalziels

Fun (26 April 1876)

“Mrs. Europe thinks there’s nothing for it but to smash the great overgrown sultan spider.”

Note that the body of the spider has pound, shilling, and pence written on it, and the legs bear the following words: “bloodshed,” “misgovernment,” “lies,” “theft,” and “fraud.”

Courtesy of the Internet Archive and the Princeton University Library.

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