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

Chapter 25: No. 23. “Miss Canada’s School.”

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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. 23.
“Miss Canada’s School.”

Being a word of advice to the new Premier. The persons represented in the cartoon, are, commencing at the head of the “class,” Hon. A. Mackenzie, Hon. Edward Blake, Hon. Geo. Brown, Hon. E. B. Wood, Louis Riel (who had been elected M. P. for Provencher, Manitoba), Hon. M. Langevin, James Beaty, Esq., M. P., T. C. Patteson, Esq., manager of The Mail, Sir Francis Hincks, and Sir John Macdonald. Monitor, His Excellency, Earl Dufferin, Gov. General.

November 8th, 1873.

No. 23.

MISS CANADA’S SCHOOL (Dedicated to the New Premier.)

Miss Canada (to the Boy at the Head)—“NOW ALEXANDER, BE VERY CAREFUL, OR I’LL PUT YOU WHERE JOHN IS!”