The Domestic Difficulty. Mr. Ruskin introduces his Model Servant to the British Nation. Signed Dalziel, who may have both drawn and engraved the picture. Source: Fun (23 September 1865): 15. Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Click on image to enlarge it.
The cartoon refers to a series of letters Ruskin wrote to the Daily Telegraph about the proper treatment of servants.
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