The Grip cartoons: vols. I & II, May 1873 to May 1874

Chapter 12: No. 10. “The Dainty Dish.”

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A curated selection of satirical cartoons re-rendered and presented with a brief introduction and concise annotations by the artist. The plates use caricature, visual puns, and topical pastiche to critique parliamentary scandals, civic disputes, public commissions, and notable public figures, shifting between single-panel gags and recurring motifs. Explanatory notes accompany each image to clarify local allusions and the cartoonist’s intent, so the sequence functions both as humorous commentary on contemporary public life and as an organized record of editorial opinion.

No. 10.
“The Dainty Dish.”

A note here is perhaps superfluous. The faces of the “blackbirds” in the “pie” are those of Hon. M. Langevin (a prominent member of the Macdonald government), Sir Hugh Allan, Jas. A. Beaty, Esq. (to represent The Leader), Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir Francis Hincks, “Uncle Sam,” and T. C. Patteson, Esq. (representing The Mail newspaper.) On Messrs. Blake and Mackenzie devolved the task of presenting the savoury dish before Parliament.

August 9th, 1873.

No. 10.

“ISN’T THAT A DAINTY DISH TO SET BEFORE A KING?”

—Nursery Rhyme.