Our (Very) Friendly Societies! mb-height 6658 Christopher Atkinson in the pillory

Christopher Atkinson in the pillory outside the Corn Exchange

The tomb of Henry VII and Queen Elizabeth in the king's chapel in Westminster Abbey

The former Conservative Prime Minister died on 19th April 1881

Motor Cycle Racing at oulton Park

as should a guard of honour

Our (Very) Friendly Societies! mb-height 6658 Christopher Atkinson in the pillory'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,