Waiting for Lord Beaconsfield

The Anglo-Russian Agreement

John Gordon Thomson (1841-1923), artist

Dalziel Brothers, engravers

Fun (26 June 1878): 265

Johnny Bull: — “Please, Sir, which is the policy, the plucky one or the sneaking one?”

Showman: — “Whichever you please, my little dear; you pays your money, and you takes your choice.” (With apologies to Joe Miller)

  • Cartoons about the Berlin Conference
  • Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

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