'A Waiting Game', 1886. Artist: John Tenniel

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'A Waiting Game', 1886. Lord Randolph Churchill (left) trying to make Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician, show his hand and let Churchill and Lord Hartington know how he will use the Parnellite votes he commands in the House of Commons. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 18 September 1886).

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