Sir John Eldon Gorst sends 8th Duke of Devonshire into well
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst (cont.). Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout, pursued by Sir John Eldon Gorst (1835-1916) - lawyer and statesman (caricatured as a bunny rabbit) firing a large gun and sending the Duke tumbling into a well while the Young British Lion and (an elderly) Britannia look on in alarm
Picture No
10982223
Media ID
46662002
Size
4658px x 4017px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Illustration by Francis Carruthers Gould (1844-1925) in The Political Struwwelpeter with verses by Harold Begbie - 1899
Date
1899
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Aims Alarmed Archetype Bunny Carruthers Cavendish Compton Critic Criticism Devonshire Eldon Fires Flees Gorst Lampoon Shoots Struwwelpeter
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