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| Picture No | 13046978 |
| Date | 1876 |
| Description | Cartoon, The Sphinx is Silent (Disraeli foreign policy) |
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Cartoon, The Sphinx is Silent -- Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister, depicted as the Sphinx, with people below begging him to speak. A satirical reference to his purchase of Suez Canal Shares, and also to his silence about government policy on the Eastern Question, since Serbia and Montenegro had declared war against Turkey.
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| Source | Cartoon by John Tenniel in 'Punch', 15 July 1876 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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