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A caricature history of Canadian politics

Chapter 1: A CARICATURE HISTORY OF CANADIAN POLITICS.
By J. W. Bengough
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This collection assembles satirical cartoons and accompanying commentary that trace decades of political life through visual lampoons and explanatory notes. Selected from periodical illustration, the pieces target public controversies, partisan struggles, constitutional issues, and personalities, using caricature to clarify complex events and public sentiment. An introductory essay defends the educational value of political humor and situates the cartoons within a local tradition of graphic commentary. The volume functions as a pictorial chronicle that mixes humor, critique, and civic observation to render past debates and institutions accessible to general readers.

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Title: A caricature history of Canadian politics

events from the union of 1841, as illustrated by cartoons from "Grip", and various other sources

Author: J. W. Bengough

Author of introduction, etc.: George Monro Grant

Release date: April 9, 2023 [eBook #70509]

Language: English

Original publication: Canada: Grip Print. and Pub. Co, 1886

Credits: Brian Coe, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was created from images of public domain material made available by the University of Toronto Libraries.)

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Yours truly J. W. Bengough.

A
 
CARICATURE HISTORY
 
OF
 
CANADIAN POLITICS.

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EVENTS FROM THE UNION OF 1841, AS
ILLUSTRATED BY CARTOONS
FROM “GRIP,” AND VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES.
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By J. W. BENGOUGH,
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. PRINCIPAL GRANT, D.D.,
of Queen’s University, Kingston.
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TORONTO:
Printed and Published by The Grip Printing and Publishing Co.
1886.
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J. S. Robertson & Bros., General Agents.

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Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, by The Grip Printing and Publishing Company, Toronto, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.

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DEDICATED
BY SPECIAL PERMISSION
TO
HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF DUFFERIN,
VICEROY OF INDIA, AND FORMERLY GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA,
During whose term of office “Grip” made his first appearance; and to
whose kindly encouragement “Grip,” in common with Canadian
enterprise in all departments, owes a
lasting debt of gratitude.