This cartoon appeared on the front cover of ‘Funny Folk’s on 10 October 1885. It shows a jaunty William Morris having his boots cleaned by a policeman; referring to Morris’s arrest on September 21, 1885 at Thames Magistrates Court for shouting “shame” during a trial. The arrest occurred after Morris protested the sentence of Lewis Lyons, a tailor, who was given two months of hard labor for allegedly resisting arrest at a public protest. Morris was arrested but because of his social position got off lightly in comparison to the sentences and fines imposed on other demonstrators.
