Poor Ireland

Poor Ireland. AH. Source: Fun (28 March 1868): 29. Courtesy of the HathiTrust Digital Library and the University of Minnesota. — Click on image to enlarge it.

Various political figures surround the young woman who represents Ireland and offer their solutions to the Irish problem. Gladstone (second figure from left) ponders the situation and offers “generous treatment.” Disraeli sits at the young woman’s side, holding her wrist, while John Stuart Mill (who stands in front of John Bright) offers his cure. George P. Landow.

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