'Tear 'em' — The Right Honourable J. A. Roebuck, M.P.

Carlo Pellegrini ('Ape') renders John Arthur Roebuck in profile: a compact, stooped figure in double-breasted frock coat and bow tie, walking cane in hand, pince-nez perched on an aggressively hooked nose. The caption 'Tear 'em' neatly summarises Roebuck's parliamentary reputation as a ferocious cross-examiner and populist agitator — the man who chaired the 1855 Sebastopol Committee that destroyed Aberdeen's government over Crimean mismanagement. Pellegrini's characteristic exaggeration targets the nose and jutting jaw, rendering Roebuck combative even in repose.