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
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.