The Real “Invalide Russe”

Wood engraving

Punch 27 (July 22, 1854)

Another Punch cartoon mocking the tzar, this time presenting him as the real invalid, not a “malade imaginaire.”

Scanned image by Philip V. Allingham. Formatting and text by George P. Landow.

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