M994X.5.273.83 | "Of Comfort No Man Speak; Let's Talk of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs !"
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"Of Comfort No Man Speak; Let's Talk of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs !"
John Wilson Bengough
1886, 19th century
Ink on newsprint - Photoengraving
31.5 x 25.3 cm
Gift of Dr. Raymond Boyer
M994X.5.273.83
© McCord Museum
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Keywords: Cartoon (19139) , politics (general) (2228) , Print (10661)
"Of Comfort No Man Speak; Let's Talk of Graves, of Worms, and Epitaphs !"
John Wilson Bengough
1886, 19th century
Ink on newsprint - Photoengraving
31.5 x 25.3 cm
Gift of Dr. Raymond Boyer
M994X.5.273.83
© McCord Museum
Description
Keywords: Cartoon (19139) , politics (general) (2228) , Print (10661)
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"Of comfort no man speak;
Let's talk of graves, of worms, and epitaths!" -Shakespeare.
Typical of the overwhelming grief which seized the Conservative party on being turned out of office, after a reign of nearly twenty years.
(Excerpt from: Bengough, John Wilson. A Caricature History of Canadian Politics: Events from the Union of 1841, as Illustrated by Cartoons from "Grip", and Various Other Sources. Toronto: The Grip Printing and Publishing Co, 1886.)
Cartoon originally published in Grip, November 1st, 1873
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