Title

Hold On!, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain

Caption

Hold On!, 1882. John Bull and a sailor struggle to manage a recalcitrant Egyptian crocodile. Lord Granville, the Liberal Foreign Secretary, and the French government had for the last few years cooperated in supervising Egyptian finances. However, nationalist resentment had sparked a rising in 1881 with many foreigners being murdered. The rebels had forced the Egyptian ruler to reject all links with European supervision. There was some dispute about the best way to deal with the matter, but the French proposed to despatch a joint English and French squadron to Alexandria. From Punch, or the London Charivari, June 10, 1882.

Date

1882

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A90_195

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,7Mb (3,0Mb) / 16,3in x 12,8in / 4890 x 3841 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal control politics country Egypt wild Egyptian crocodile reins war location century struggle concept Navy B&W cartoon sailor MONOCHROME warfare sailors naval warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W allegorical figure foreign affairs nineteenth century Heritage Image Partnership foreign policy John Bull Liberal party caricature satire engraving Joseph Swain Earl 2nd Earl Granville Granville George John Tenniel;Tenniel John;Sir John Tenniel Earl Granville Granville Lord Granville Granville George Leveson-Gower Leveson-Gower Granville Leveson-Gower Swain Joseph Earl Granville engraving caricature satire