A Lancashire burglar, dressed in rags and smoking a pipe, with his dog, represented as a supporter of the Conservative Party. Lithograph (?), March 1880.

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March 1880
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568613i
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Victorian album of political satires.
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A Lancashire burglar, dressed in rags and smoking a pipe, with his dog, represented as a supporter of the Conservative Party. Lithograph (?), March 1880. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Jingo: "A nickname for those who supported and lauded the policy of Lord Beaconsfield in sending a British fleet into Turkish waters to resist the advance of Russia in 1878" (Oxford English dictionary). "The blues": the Conservative party, led by Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield)

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Manchester (3 Homer Terrace, Cornbrook Park) : William Dewane, March 1880.

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1 print (album page 17a) : lithograph (?) ; image 17.3 x 26.8 cm

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The blues for me. A Lancashire Jingo burglar type sketched from life in Chapel St. Salford ...

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Wellcome Collection 568613i

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