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The Politics of Drunkenness: John Henry Walker, John A. Macdonald, and Graphic Satire
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The Politics of Drunkenness: John Henry Walker, John A. Macdonald, and Graphic Satire
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The author examines works of political graphic satire produced in the nineteenth century that portray Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald (1815–1891) as intoxicated. The author's primary object of analysis is a wood engraving by Montreal graphic artist John Henry Walker (1831–1899) that represents Macdonald and Montreal Witness newspaper editor John Dougall (1805–1886), a vehement temperance advocate, drinking together. Entitled "The Pipe versus the Bottle," the engraving was published in the illustrated comic journal Grinchuckle on October 28, 1869. Dougall is presumably drinking a non-alcoholic beverage. A poem accompanying the engraving implies that Macdonald was drunk when he chose Francis Hincks as minister of finance. The author concludes that Walker was deflating Dougall's ostensible moral superiority, but his primary objective was to poke holes in the "official" political image of Canada's first prime minister.
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RACAR (Revue d’art canadienne/Canadian Art Review)
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Vol. 40
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no. 1
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71-84
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2015
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en
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Skelly, Julia. “The Politics of Drunkenness: John Henry Walker, John A. Macdonald, and Graphic Satire.” RACAR (Revue d’art canadienne/Canadian Art Review) Vol. 40, no. 1 (2015): 71–84. http://www.uaac-aauc.com/sites/default/files/40_1_Skelly.pdf.
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