Our (Very) Friendly Societies! Product:Canvas Beneath is a dedication to

Beneath is a dedication to Edward Wickham

'Silenced'

The smallpox vaccine had been developed at the beginning of the century by Edward Jenner and it may be this that the inspector is referring to

Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh

Our (Very) Friendly Societies! Product:Canvas Beneath is a dedication to'Our (Very) Friendly Societies!', 1886. The representative of Britain's honest and sober working class is diligently posting his small savings into the door of the Cormorant Friendly Society. On the other side of the door can be seen the 'cormorants', the directors of the society who are eating hugely, drinking deeply and enjoying the best cigars. This cartoon accompanies a poem of the same name which accuses such societies of keeping poor accounts,