The Puppet-Show Explained
The Puppet-Show (1848–1849) was a British humorous and satirical weekly magazine,[1] a short-lived imitator of Punch, edited by John Bridgeman from offices at 11 Wellington Street North in London.[2] The first issue was published on 18 March 1848. The primary targets of its political satire were Lord Russell's Whig ministry, Chartists, Irish nationalists, and the French.[3]
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Notes and References
- Brian Maidment, "Illustration", in The Routledge Handbook to Nineteenth-Century British Periodicals and Newspapers, edited by Andrew King (Routledge, 2019), pp. 118-119.
- Mary L. Shannon, Dickens, Reynolds, and Mayhew on Wellington Street: The Print Culture of a Victorian Street (Routledge, 2016), pp. 38, 75.
- George John Worth, James Hannay: His Life and Works (University of Kansas Press, 1964), pp. 32-35.
