No Rough-Ianism Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 13th April 1966

13th April 1966

Comedians Frank Skinner and David Baddiel who hosted the British television programme Fantasy Football League on BBC2

Scene at an encampment

Labourers at work on the Metropolitan Railway and the Fleet Ditch

No Rough-Ianism Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 13th April 1966'No Rough Ianism', 1866. A clean and respectable artisan tells a vagabond, who is armed with stones and a broken branch, that his type of help is not required. Broken railings can be seen in the background. Many ordinary artisans wished to distance themselves from the 'vast mass of roughs' that joined in their protests. This cartoon relates to the great riot in Hyde Park during July 1866. The Reform League had planned to hold a political demonstration