Cartoon depicting Mr Punch appealing to John Bull, who is dressed as a policeman, asking him to clear the arguing representatives from the school door so that children could get on with their education. Foster's Elementary Education Bill passed February 1870 and received royal assent on 9 August. This allowed religious instruction with parents' consent, and reading of the Bible, but no catechisms or sectarian formularies. Illustrated by John Tenniel (1820-1914) an English illustrator, graphic humourist, and political cartoonist. Dated 19th century

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