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

Chapter 28: No. 26. “The Premier’s Model.”

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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. 26.
“The Premier’s Model.”

In an address to the electors of Lambton, soon after the accession to power of the Reform Party, Mr. Mackenzie declared the cardinal points of the policy he would inaugurate, as leader, to be “Electoral Purity” and “the Independence of Parliament.” (Before entering political life, Mr. Mackenzie followed the vocation of stone-mason.)

November 29th, 1873.

No. 26.

THE PREMIER’S MODEL;
OR, “IMPLEMENTS TO THOSE WHO CAN USE THEM.”

Canada—“WELL AND BRAVELY DONE, MACKENZIE, NOW STAND BY THAT POLICY, AND I’M WITH YOU ALWAYS!”