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'Beef ? La Mode', 1867. Artist: John Tenniel
'Beef ? La Mode', 1867. A plump and prosperous Mr and Mrs Brisket reject utterly the idea that they might reduce the price of beef. In their view, this would so reduce their income that they might not be able to afford to maintain their carriage, and then they would have to walk to church like everyone else. There is an edge to this cartoon. Those continuing to profiteer from the crisis continued to go to church in what should, presumably, have been a humble and generous spirit. The price of beef had remained very high since, some two years earlier, there had been an outbreak of Cattle Plague, or Rinderpest. It had started in the dairies of Lambeth and Islington and had spread rapidly despite all measures for containment. By the end of 1865, more than 50,000 head of cattle had been slaughtered. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 2, 1867.
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AR927721
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4945px × 3813px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
ANIMAL
ANIMALS
B&W
B/W
Beef
Black & White
Black and white
blinkers
bonnet
brisket
Caricature
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Cartoon
Cattle Plague
clothes
concept
Disease
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Engraving
fat
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Horse
HORSE-DRAWN VEHICLE
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JOHN
John Tenniel
LADY
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Man
Meat
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murrain
NINETEENTH CENTURY
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PROSPEROUS
RAMBLING
Riding
rinderpest
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Sir John Tenniel
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TRANSPORTATION
Walking
Wealth
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