The ‘European Concert’, Tuning up the English Overture. John Tenniel, artist, and Swain, engraver. Punch. Mr. Punch places the Sultan of Turkey in the front row of an orchestra holding a pair of cymbals — indicating how much he can disrupt the plans and policies of the European countries that surround him. England and Russia sit on either side of Turkey. We also see Germany on the tuba, and France on a French Horn. Click on image to enlarge it
Related material Including Other Punch Editorial Cartoons about Egypt
- Palmerston, the Imperialism of Free Trade, and the Inadvertant Destruction of Turkish and Turkeyian Rulers
- Kismet! Punch (17 July 1880)
- In Liquidation. Punch (31 July 1880)
- A Transient Triumph. Punch (17 June 1882)
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