AN UNSATISFACTORY TERM 1879 Sir John Tenniel - Joseph Swain PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 1879 10 1/2 inch x 8 1/4 inch Single-Sided Wood Engraved Cartoon titled AN UNSATISFACTORY TERM (Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli) from Punch, August 16, 1879.

Mr. Bull. "And those are your only prizes?"
Master Benjamin. "Yes, sir. We did our best; and we should have done better if it hadn't been for those Irish fellows!"

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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.