Caricatures: The Political Drama

"A weekly caricature series of savage and sophisticated satire, is Grant's defining work. The subject matter, brilliantly and brutally portrayed in wood engraved illustrations, was 'unremittingly confrontational, depicting society solely in terms of opposition' with those in authority being the principle target: 'magistrates are corrupt, policemen are murderous drunkards, politicians are debased, the King is portrayed as a childlike idiot and the the clergy are hypocritical gluttons' (Matthew Crowther, C.J. Grant: The Political Drama). The principal publisher was George Drake who issued all 131 numbers priced at one penny" (Jarndyce catalogue CCXXI, Winter 2016-2017)