Title: british benevolence
abstract: print shows an oversized british lion wearing boxing gloves labeled "army" and "navy", standing over its most recent victim labeled "egyptian", trailing off to the left are other victims labeled "ashantee, afghan, boer, [and] zulu"; standing on the right is a diminutive irishman pulling on boxing gloves labeled "fenian". Physical description: 1 print: chromolithograph. Notes: illus. From puck, v. 11, no. 280, (1882 july 19), cover.;copyright 1882 by keppler & schwarzmann.;j. Keppler.;caption: "it is painful to be obliged to use force against the weak" --earl granville in house of lords.;title from item. Date: 1882.
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