political cartoon / Brummagem to the Core, 1888

Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 15 September 1888. Titled 'Brummagem to the Core'. Depicting John Bull, to his Envoy Extraordinary, who is holding papers titled 'Ireland Liberal Unionists' and 'America Fisheries Commission' - 'Look here, you confounded muddler, I shall have to get rid of you and your chums. You have been misleading and misrepresenting me both in Ireland and America, and a nice mess you have landed me in'. Cousin Sam replies 'That's right John, chuck the nasty cuss over - he's only a bluffer and a mischief maker'. 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.;