This untitled cartoon shows the Irish as obese, wasteful, violent, drug abusing monkeys. John Bull (Britain) shows Uncle Sam that he will take care of the troublemaker.

This image illustrates two British men pointing and laughing at an Irish immigrant. The Irish man is impersonated into an obese, greasy , and foolish monkey holding weapons in his hands. The violent Irish monkey has caused a lot of chaos. He seems to be crazy wasted, thus grabbing for himself everything that crosses his sight. He has “stolen” from the British bottles of rum, along with many barrels/ boxes containing essentials items (sugar, flour, corn, soap, etc).

The Irish are depicted as foolish, lazy & greasy alcoholics which are selfish and eat away all the British’s resources. They have no manners and controls over their actions.

The cartoonist is trying to convey that the Irish just sit around doing nothing, other than goof around, thus they should not be trusted and treated with respect.