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The Coming Attraction!

Title

The Coming Attraction!

Subject

Shakespeare play: Macbeth|Hamlet|Othello|Richard III|Henry VIII

Description

The caricature was first published in Bengough's magazine 'Grip'. He states in the publication, "A Caricature History of Canadian Politics: Events from the Union of 1841": This was an allusion to the opening of Parliament on February 13th prox., and the questions then to be brought forward. The principal matters anticipated were the introduction of the promised National Policy; the settlement of the Letellier difficulty and the C.P. Railway.

Creator

Bengough, John Wilson (Canadian Political Cartoonist, active 1873-1923)

Source

Taken from: A Caricature History of Canadian Politics: Events from the Union of 1841. Ed. John Bengough. Vol. 2. Toronto: Grip Printing, 1886. 35. Print.
Cataloguer: Jean-Sébastien Grenier

Publisher

Grip

Date

January 11, 1879 (first publication in Grip)

Format

caricatures

Language

English

Type

graphic design and illustration

Files

11214923-The-Comming-Attraction!.jpg

Collection

Citation

Bengough, John Wilson (Canadian Political Cartoonist, active 1873-1923), “The Coming Attraction!,” shakespeare400, accessed October 4, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespeare400/items/show/2570.