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It will soon be 'Mate'

hanging from a lamp-post as a punishment for slandering Bethnal Green

'Black Girl with Fruit'

The Duke of Argyll

A Plaister for Pam Size:S: 36 x 28cm It will soon be 'Mate''A Plaister for Pam.', 1858. Like a whipped schoolboy, and rubbing his bruises, Palmerston is receiving from Mr Punch (who had been vociferous in his opposition to the Bill) a 'consolation' prize for his government's work in helping to bring about the Treaty of Paris. This was signed by Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia and Turkey in March 1856, and signalled the end of the Crimean War. 'Doctor Punch. Poor Old Boy! I didn't mean to

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