ALL ADRIFT! 1891 Sir John Tenniel - William Henry Smith PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 10 3/4 inch x 8 1/8 inch Single-Sided Wood Engraved Cartoon page titled ALL ADRIFT! from Punch, June 6, 1891.

William Henry Smith, FRS (1825 – 1891) was an English bookseller and newsagent of the family firm W H Smith, who expanded the firm and introduced the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations. He was elected a Member of Parliament in 1868 and rose to the position of First Lord of the Admiralty less than ten years thereafter. In the mid-1880s, he was twice Secretary of State for War, and later First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons, among other posts.
George Joachim Goschen (1831 – 1907) was a British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1887 - 1892.

The cartoon shows them as 2 of of the “Three Men In A Boat” by Jerome K. Jerome.

The cartoon was wood engraved by Joseph Swain (1820 -1909) from an illustration by Sir John Tenniel (1820 - 1914), both were regulars on Punch magazine.

Punch, or The London Charivari, was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.

The page is in very good condition. Reverse side blank.