Salisbury Sisyphus Product:Canvas George III dismissing petitioners from

George III dismissing petitioners from the City of London opposed to the Convention of Cintra

A figure can be seen in the foreground driving a cow

This cartoon alludes to the high level of British visitors to the International Exhibition in Paris

View with figures and baskets of fish in the foreground

Salisbury Sisyphus Product:Canvas George III dismissing petitioners from'Salisbury Sisyphus', 1887. Lord Salisbury, the Conservative Prime Minister, pushes the boulder of Irish Difficulty up a steep slope. The Irish Land Bill had just been introduced in the Upper House by the Earl of Cadogan. The problems in Ireland had brought down governments in the past, and the newly resurrected questions of Reform and Redress now faced the latest Prime Minister. From Punch, or the London Charivari, April 9, 1887.