RARE 1881 British Print - CORPORAL PUNISHMENT VICTORIAN ENGLAND

Description: SUPPRESSIO VERISmall boy (construing). "But the crocodile-" Schoolmaster. "I am sure you got 'crocodile' out of a crib. Small boy. "No, sir! Indeed, sir, I didn't." Schoolmaster (severely). "I know you did. And as you've told a lie about it- " [Prepare cane. Small boy (terrified). "No, sir! indeed I didn't tell a lie, Sir! Please, Sir! - it's 'alligator' in the crib!"--The boy is guilty of "suppressio veri" or hiding the truth. He has been looking at the "crib" or answer sheet, as the school teacher suspects. --In most Western countries corporal punishment is now illegal, and many consider it to be immoral. This was not so in the past. Corporal punishment was only finally outlawed in England in 1987, and the Victorian reader of Punch would find it amusing that the boy was "getting what was coming to him." [George Derick Thompson, online reference]Illustrator: Charles Keene from British humor/satire magazine August 13, 1881 and pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Partial page cartoon measures 4 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Full size 8 x 10 1/2 inches, shown slightly cropped. Condition: excellent -- very light age toning to paper, clean, paper lays flat (no handling or storage wear); unrelated text on front and backsides with some show-through (ghosting) as published, please look closely.QUESTIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME. I have over 4,000 Punch cartoons, political and non-political, listed in my store under the category "PUNCH CARTOONS."Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. \Q

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