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McLoughlin Brothers

1890? Chromolithographs.  NIY: McLoughlin Brothers.  9.7” x 12.”  Prose text along with, on the verso, two other texts and their illustrations. Unknown source.

WL

Gorgeous color work of the lamb, a crying child, backed up against a wall.  The ed-eyed wolf points an accusing paw at this child.

DLS

The spectacles are the crowning feature of this satirical illustration.  Two aristocratic lions in the background point a hand in criticism.  Though beautifully decked out in a combination of aristocratic finery and the lion’s skin, the ass manages to look through the lion’’s eye-holes – or perhaps to fake it?  Gorgeous color lithography!