Art Resource - AR927948

Conceptually similar

Sauce for the Gander, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927958

Woman's Wrongs, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928172

'The Real Cap of Liberty', 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927972

'His Favourite Part', 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927968

Call Off the Dogs!, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927942

'Two Forces', 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928726

'The Demon Rough', 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928188

'A French Lesson', 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927928

'National (Black) Guards', 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927932

'Very High Farming', 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927880

AR927896

Counting Her Chicks, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928283

'Our Merchant Navy', 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928192

Out of the Bag!, 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR927964

The Great Self-Taxed, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928076

Fiat Experimentum-!, 1877. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928377

AR928086

'Benjamin Bombastes', 1877. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928409

'Between Two Terrors', 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928106

'Labour and Rest', 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain

AR928593

'Fire and Smoke', 1871. Artist: Joseph Swain

'Fire and Smoke', 1871. A Mephistophelean French communist points the way with his petrol bomb as he urges the British workman to fight with him in the cause. This relates to the short-lived, but bloody rule of the Commune in France after the end of the war with Prussia. The devilish appearance of the Frenchman is in direct contrast to the clean and sober appearance of his British counterpart. Surrounded by his family, with a plump and sober wife, he enjoys the comforts of his home and the pleasure of a clay pipe after his hours at work. That he is hard working is apparent from the size of the joint that his wife is storing away in the larder and the clean, well-fed appearance of his healthy children. This is the epitome of the British working-class ideal. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 8, 1871.

Unique Identifier AR927948

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4911px × 3826px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

Add to lightbox

Add to cart