Cartoon, The Working-Man, Royal Westminster Exhibition

Cartoon, The Working-Man, from the Royal Westminster Exhibition. A satire on the Royal Academy Exhibition, where many paintings depicted working men. The four spoof portraits here imagine how four different politicians would portray the working man -- for John Bright he is pure and angelic, for Edward Horsman he is a threat, both to the monarchy and to himself, for W E Forster he is a studious self-improver, and for Robert Lowe he is a passive drunkard

Angelic Attitude Comment Depiction Drunk Drunkard Forster Idealised Idealism Improvement Improver Lowe Opinion Optimistic Passive Pessimistic Positive Prejudice Progressive Pure Reactionary Spoof Studious Threat

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