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The Grip cartoons: vols. I & II, May 1873 to May 1874

No. 6. “The Overworked Ma(yo)re.”

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A palpable and surely a pardonable pun, seeing that its object was to pay a tribute to the official industry of the Civic Chief Magistrate for 1873—Alex. Manning, Esq. A branch of the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty, &c., had been established in the City shortly before the date of the cartoon.

July 12th, 1873.

No. 6.

Illustration from The Grip cartoons: vols. I & II, May 1873 to May 1874

AN OVERWORKED MA(YO)RE. A FAIR CASE FOR OUR NEWLY-FLEDGED HUMANE SOCIETY.

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