“Hold On! An Allegory of the Banks of the Nile —Mrs. Malaprop” (“Punch,” 10 June 1882)

Hold On! An Allegory of the Banks of the Nile — Mrs. Malaprop. John Tenniel, artist, and Swain, engraver. Punch (10 June 1882). Tenniel depicts a middle-aged British sailor riding the Egyptian crocodile while a French one, clearly of secondary importance, rides behind on the tail. Click on image to enlarge it.

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Palmerston, the Imperialism of Free Trade, and the Inadvertant Destruction of Turkish and Egyptian Rulers
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Hold on! Punch (28 January 1882)
Broken Ties Punch (14 January 1882)

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