The Wasp — 1914 — page 354: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains serialized fiction rather than political satire or cartoons. It depicts a naval battle scene where Admiral Benbow confronts a gun captain named James Fitzwalter about a visible tattoo on his back—described as a "distinguished but now infamous design." Fitzwalter claims it's a hereditary mark from his father. Benbow responds sarcastically that it's a "very distinguished heraldic device." The passage appears to reference a real historical figure (Admiral Benbow was an actual 17th-century English naval officer), but without seeing the tattoo design itself or having more context about when *The Wasp* published this, the specific satire remains unclear. The exchange suggests mocking pretension about family honor or hereditary claims.