political cartoon / The Hollow Square, 1888

Political cartoon, taken from the Weekly Freeman, 25 August 1888. Titled 'The Hollow Square'. Depicting Balfour and Londonderry giving a speech to the Royal Irish Constabulary. Regarding evictions; an insert shows an engagement with the Widow Maloney, as she throws a bucket of tar and coloured matter onto RIC from a hole in her roof. Probably a Plan of Campaign eviction. 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.;