SUPPORTERS OF THE CROWN 1889 Sir John Tenniel - Edward VII PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 10 5/8 inch x 8 inch Wood Engraved Cartoon page titled SUPPORTERS OF THE CROWN from Punch, July 20, 1889.

William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS (1809 – 1898) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years.
Gladstone proposed that the Prince of Wales should receive an additional allowance of £40,000 per annum on condition that his mother Queen Victoria did not ask for any further grants.

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.