The Complete Letter-Writer
Gordon Thomson (fl. 1866-1886)
Wood engraving by the Dalziels
Fun (23 October 1878)
“Shere Ali’s Pretty Little Note, and How He Wrote It.”
On the floor we see an envelope addressed, “To the Governor of India” while the “San Stefano Treaty” appears tucked into the jacket of the figure who guides Ali’s pen.
Courtesy of the Suzy Covey Comic Book Collection in the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.