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Lot 18145: Tom Merry political cartoon - Guy Fawkes No. 2 1887

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Start price: £20

Estimated price: £40 - £80

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This single page coloured lithograph is from St Stephen’s review by Tom Merry (the pseudonym of William Mecham).

Merry was a cartoonist and political satirist who created the centrespread, in colour, for The St Stephen’s Review, a weekly magazine of political comment published from 1883 to 1892. Its market was conservative, projecting a unionist viewpoint with an emphasis towards the empire and the establishment. It attacked anything that was perceived as a threat to the social and political order, depicting Parnell and Gladstone as dangerous radicals and the caricatures reflect this.

Size: 10.5in x 14in (26cm x 36cm)


Condition report:

Excellent condition with minor repaired tears - please review the images carefully