The Wasp — 1880 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily text-based journalism rather than cartoon satire. It reprints excerpts from London newspapers under "Transatlantic Journalism," covering British parliamentary and court news from mid-July (dates suggest 1870s). The content includes parliamentary intelligence from the House of Lords and Commons, discussing matters like the orange peel debate, yellow dog registration bills, and petitions regarding lobster salad consumption by the Marquis of Lorne. At the bottom appears a decorative header illustration labeled "The Seventies" (ornamental design). The page functions as satirical news commentary rather than visual cartooning—The Wasp's satire here operates through selecting and presenting absurd or trivial British legislative matters to mock the pomposity of Parliament.