Sir,—In the 1844 cartoon illustrating Rob Christie’s article about Abraham Brewster (HI 28.6, Sept./Oct. 2020, p. 21), the figure exiting left is not Brewster, as stated in the caption, but Frederick Shaw (1799–1876), Recorder of Dublin and MP for Dublin University, Robert Peel’s principal Irish political ‘fixer’. The devil’s remark, ‘P’Shaw don’t mind them’, hints ... Read more
