England and Wales. Merry (Tom, pseud William Mecham), Map of England, A Modern St. George and the Dragon!!!, St. Stephen's Review, 1888, colour lithographic allegorical map, old central fold, plus duplicate copy, 540 x 370 mm, together with; Merry (Tom, pseud William Mecham). Vote for the Unionist Candidate, The Modern St George., London: Tom Merry, circa 1890, colour lithographic cartoon poster showing Lord Salisbury slaying the dragon of Socialism, 3 marginal closed tears, light spotting, old central fold, 560 x 390 mm (Quantity: 3) The first described item is a satirical map illustrating the 1886 Irish Home Rule crisis. It was published in the Conservative-leaning St.Stephens Review. It shows the Tory leader, Lord Salisbury, as a rather corpulent St George, spearing the dragon Gladstone, who was the Liberal Prime Minister. Gladstone’s tongue is labelled ‘Home Rule’.
England and Wales. Merry (Tom, pseud William Mecham), Map of England, A Modern St. George and the Dragon!!!, St. Stephen's Review, 1888, colour lithographic allegorical map, old central fold, plus duplicate copy, 540 x 370 mm, together with; Merry (Tom, pseud William Mecham). Vote for the Unionist Candidate, The Modern St George., London: Tom Merry, circa 1890, colour lithographic cartoon poster showing Lord Salisbury slaying the dragon of Socialism, 3 marginal closed tears, light spotting, old central fold, 560 x 390 mm (Quantity: 3) The first described item is a satirical map illustrating the 1886 Irish Home Rule crisis. It was published in the Conservative-leaning St.Stephens Review. It shows the Tory leader, Lord Salisbury, as a rather corpulent St George, spearing the dragon Gladstone, who was the Liberal Prime Minister. Gladstone’s tongue is labelled ‘Home Rule’.
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