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'Is Detection a Failure?', 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain Artist: Unknown

'Is Detection a Failure?', 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain Artist: Unknown

1-151-056 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

'Is Detection a Failure?', 1888. Punch points out the drawbacks inherent in the footsteps of the policeman being dogged by journalists. While the detective's work is making headline news on the 'Muckrake Gazette, the criminal is able to take his ease at home and wait for a quieter time to return to business. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 20, 1888.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Joseph Swain, attributed to: British: Engraver
  2. Unknown, attributed to: :
After
  1. John Tenniel: British: Artist, illustrator, painter
  2. Harry Furniss: British: Artist, illustrator, caricaturist
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Satire
Category Hierarchy

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4915x3839
File Size : 55,280kb

Aliases

  1. 20/10/1888
  1. 0350000903
  1. 1-151-056
  1. 1151056
  1. 20/10/1888
  1. 903
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