'Taking the (Irish) Bull by the Horns', 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain

'Taking the (Irish) Bull by the Horns', 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain

1-150-586 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

'Taking the (Irish) Bull by the Horns', 1870. Mr Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister, takes the Irish bull by the horns. The particular issue illustrated by this cartoon is the Irish Land Bill which Gladstone had introduced to the Commons in mid February 1980. Its principal aims were to provide compensation for evicted tenants, with restraint on evictions and the establishment of courts of arbitration. Naturally, the interests of the landlords and the tenants would be in opposition, an opposition that long been the basis of much unrest in Ireland. From Punch, or the London Charivari, February 26, 1870.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Joseph Swain, attributed to: British: Engraver
After
  1. John Tenniel: British: Artist, illustrator, painter
Subject
  1. William Ewart Gladstone: British, English: Prime Minister of Great Britain, politician

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Satire

Category Hierarchy

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4916x3831
File Size : 55,176kb


Aliases

  1. 26/02/1870
  1. 0350000423
  1. 1-150-586
  1. 1150586
  1. 26/02/1870
  1. 423

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