Sir William Harcout,Touchstone,As you Like It,1894

Title: 'A contented maid' / J.T.
Creator(s): Tenniel, John, Sir, 1820-1914, artist
Date Created/Published: 1894.
Summary: Editorial cartoon shows Sir William Harcourt as Touchstone, the witty court jester in Shakespeare's As You Like It, pulling along a downtrodden young woman wearing a hat labeled 'Majority,' and carrying a purse labeled 'Votes.' The play concludes with the marriages of all the major characters including Touchstone who weds Audrey, a country wench whom he describes as 'a poor virgin, sir, an ill-favored thing, sir, but mine own.' In July 1894, Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, got his budget bill through the House of Commons, imposing death duties for the first time.
Notes:
Title from label attached to verso, source unknown.
Caption continues: Touchstone (Sir W. H-RC-RT, soliloquising). 'A poor thing, but mine own.' As you like it, Act V., Scene IV. [misquotation of 'A poor virgin, sir, an ill-favored thing, sir, but mine own.']
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Published in: Punch, 1894 June 16 with title 'A contented mind .'
Unprocessed in WOOD/Tenniel.31
Sources: Communication from Kim Reynolds, 6 Apr 2005; Punch, June 16, 1894, p. 283 ljr
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616.--As you like it.
Harcourt, William Vernon,--Sir,--1827-1904.
Economic policy--Great Britain--1890-1900.
Fools & jesters--1890-1900.
Drawings--British--1890-1900.
Editorial cartoons--British--1890-1900.
Pencil works--British--1890-1900.
Periodical illustrations--British--1890-1900.
Bookmark /2005680372/
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