The Wasp — 1879 — page 399: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon appears to depict an examination or interrogation scene. The text's reference to "force of examination" and "it must come" suggests scrutiny being applied to extract something—likely testimony or confession. The cartoon shows figures in what appears to be an official or institutional setting. Without clearer context about the publication date or specific historical event referenced, I cannot definitively identify the subjects or the precise political situation being satirized. The style and composition suggest commentary on coercive governmental or legal processes. The title's phrasing implies the cartoonist is critiquing the inevitability or intensity of some forced examination, though the specific target—whether corporate, political, or judicial—remains unclear from this image alone.