political cartoon / The Last Act, 1888

Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 23 June 1888. Titled 'The Last Act'. Depicting Balfour showing the Ayrburgh Election result to Lord Salisbury, dressed as Macbeth, holding a knife named 'coercion'. With verse. Collection of cartoons printed in book form - THE WEEKLY FREEMAN CARTOONS, FORMING THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF IRELAND FOR THE GREATER PORTION OF 1888. Taken from the Freeman's Journal, Dublin, 1888.;