Collection object
2004.0072
H. 25.6 W. 25.3
Print, cartoon, coloured. The Irish White Elephant; from United Ireland Saturday March 15th 1884. Cartoon of a bearded and turbanned man leading an elephant with human face and police helmet. The band holding the elephants pack in place bears legend, Extra Police. In backgound three women outside a cabin look on, their skirts labelled Limerick Cork and Monanimy (Co Cork) Drawn by J.D. Reigh. Text under John Poyntz Barnum, Showman- What shall I do with this infernal beast? His keep is something awful. If those people won't contribute I'M afraid I shall have/ to put my hand into my own pocket or my employers'. Hi up there lazy bones! Let us make another attempt to frighten them into paying.
J D Reigh (cartoonist)