The Wasp — 1888 — page 70: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This *Wasp* cartoon from January 28, 1888, depicts a bearded hunter with a rifle confronting a grotesque demon or imp-like creature in a marshy landscape. The caption "Reversing Nature and Propriety" suggests social commentary on something being turned upside-down or perverted. The specific political or social target remains unclear without additional context about 1888 San Francisco issues. The demon-figure could represent a corrupting influence, radical ideology, or a caricatured person the magazine opposed. The hunter's confrontation suggests resistance to this threat. Without knowing *The Wasp's* editorial positions or contemporary controversies from this date, I cannot definitively identify what "nature and propriety" were being "reversed" or who the figures represent specifically.