The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . THE MAN WHO Andre Gill- pencils of her cartoonists. Besides purely political issues athome, there were the Jamaica troubles and Fenianism; andthe French Emperor was very urgent that stronger extradi-tion treaties should be established between the two countries. 200 CENTURY IN CARICATURE This last issue was cleverly hit off by Punch in a cartoonwhich pictures Britannia showing Napoleon the Third aportrait of himself as he appeared in 1848 and saying: That, Sire, is the portrait of a gentleman whom I shouldhave had to give up to the
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . THE MAN WHO Andre Gill- pencils of her cartoonists. Besides purely political issues athome, there were the Jamaica troubles and Fenianism; andthe French Emperor was very urgent that stronger extradi-tion treaties should be established between the two countries. 200 CENTURY IN CARICATURE This last issue was cleverly hit off by Punch in a cartoonwhich pictures Britannia showing Napoleon the Third aportrait of himself as he appeared in 1848 and saying: That, Sire, is the portrait of a gentleman whom I shouldhave had to give up to the French Government had I alwaystranslated extradition as your Majestys lawyers now. THE MAN WHO Andre Gill. wish. The agitation over the Jamaica troubles died out,the threatened Fenian invasion of Canada came to nothing,Louis Napoleon withdrew the French troops from Mexico,and the eyes of Europe were directed toward the war cloudhovering over Prussia and Austria. Early in June, 1866,there was a cessation of diplomatic relations between the CENTURY IN CARICATURE 201 two countries, followed immediately by a declaration of waron the part of Prussia, whose armies straightway enteredSaxony and Hanover. The attitude of England and Francetoward the belligerents was the subject of Punchs cartoonthat week. It was called Honesty and Policy, and showsBritannia and Napoleon discussing the situation, while in thebackground the Prussian King and the Austrian Emperorare shaking their fists in each others faces. Britannia con- ,.._ „ ... ^ny ;=s--a $fv -3A JL;J ii -M r^t^S^K^ ^.^ ?-:!.. jr. WJ l^JSi tfeV —.JMEL Ml ;*v?t^b 1 ^.^f5 . wi .^%-., ^IPIlflllfJi- ><
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