“The Rowdies of the River Who Disturb the Water, and Try to Run Down Everything” from “Fun”

The Rowdies of the River Who Disturb the Water, and Try to Run Down Everything

John Gordon Thomson (1841-1911)

Dalziel Brothers, engravers

Fun

(1 September 1880)

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The cartoonist takes the side of the Liberal Party blaming both the Tories and the Irish Nationalists, natural enemies, for wrecking any attempts at solving the Irish Problem.

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