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These puppets resemble key figures of the day and are dressed in a range of colourful outfits, some of which are associated with traditional characters in the Punch and Judy story (the policeman, Punch and Judy), the others are stock theatrical figures. The identities of the performers are indicated by names attached to a set of strings which are being manipulated by two suited figures seated under the stage. These men are dressed in black and one wears a black half mask and is shown next to a dagger and pistol (both discarded on the ground beside him). There are two further puppets languishing in a box beside these shadowy puppeteers. There names are marked as O'Shea and O'Donnell. The names of the puppets appear to be Labby, Granville, Trevelyan, Gladstone, Harcourt, Herbert, Sir W Lawson, Bradlaugh and Morley. \r\n\r\nThe names of the puppets correspond with those of contemporary Members of Parliament and the caption below the image, 'Parnell's Puppets', seems to be a deliberate reference to Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891).  Parnell was an Irish Protestant landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party which he led through the period of Parliamentary nationalism in Ireland between 1875 and his death in 1891. O'Shea and O'Donnel were also Irish politicians.\r\n\r\nIt is part of the George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.","physicalDescription":"A coloured lithograph entitled <i>St Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon December 22nd 1888</i>. It shows a stage on which a group of puppets perform an elaborate dance routine. 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