1-150-739 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

Between Two Fires, 1875. Pope Pius IX is on the left of this cartoon and Bismarck of Germany on the right. In the middle is the young son of the abdicated Queen Isabella of Spain. He had recently been proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain. The new King entered Barcelona in mid-January and was warmly received. However, as this cartoon illustrates, both the Protestant and the Catholic factions were not slow in making a move on the King in order to secure enhanced recognition of their various claims. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 23, 1875.