The Judgment of the Paris(h)

Engraved and probably drawn by one of the Dalziel brothers

Fun (9 December 1865): 125

Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

Beneath the main caption: Guardian of the Poor: — “Go along! You can’t be home;less and destitute at this hour — it’s agin the rules!.”

Unlike some editorial cartoons that make use of the Judgment of Paris, the evn that lead to the Trojan War, this pun doesn’t work very well.

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