Tenniel uses the Turkish bath to make his point

Attendant. How do you feel after your bath, my Lord?

LORD B. Pretty comfortable, thank you!—(Aside. Lost some weight, I fancy.) —You made it so confoundedly HOT  for me!!!

Gladstone tried to influence Government policy on the Eastern Question by appealing directly to the public, both on the platform and through the press, on behalf of the Bulgarian victims of Turkish persecution.

< The Turkish bath / John Tenniel     Punch     (7 Oct 1876)

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