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A French communist holding a can of petroleum tries to draw a British workman away from his family to fight for equality. Wood engraving by Swain, c. 1871, after Sir J. Tenniel.
Lettering: Fire and smoke. French communist, "Allons, mon ami, let us go burn our incense on the altar of equality." British workman, "thanks, mossoo, but I'd rather smoke my 'baccy on the hearth of liberty." Swain sc JT
Creator
- John Tenniel
- John Tenniel
Type of item
- Humorous pictures
Creator
- John Tenniel
- John Tenniel
Type of item
- Humorous pictures
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Wellcome Collection
Creation date
- 1871
- 1871
Source
- V0019088
Identifier
- V0019088
- b1182715
- ICV No 19483
- dph7pgmv
Year
- 1871
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T12:05:24.479Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T12:05:24.479Z