The Irish Inferno Finish:Single Mr Punch takes a topical

Mr Punch takes a topical dig at this entirely blameless pastime by having a little fun at the expense of those gentlemen who

The dome of St Paul's Cathedral is just visible in the distance

offered to mediate between Austria and France

a barge and a boat on the River Thames

The Irish Inferno Finish:Single Mr Punch takes a topical'The Irish Inferno', 1881. The Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, is wearing the laurel wreath of the victorious emperor on his head. He is in the company of the ghost of Daniel O'Connell, the Irish politician. Despite Gladstone's immense efforts to push through his Irish Land Bill, matters had not improved in Ireland since. Women and children had been attacked upon leaving chapels and those who attempted to live by the law were regularly intimidated.