political cartoon / Looking at his Work, 1888

Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 21 July 1888. Titled 'Looking at his Work'. Depicts Balfour looking into the coffin of John Mandeville, died July 1st of Savage Coercion. Suggested by a picture by Paul de la Roche of Cromwell gazing at the dead king. Regarding the death of John Mandeville, a leader of the Plan of Campaign, at Tullamore Prison. 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.;