Photograph of What an Ass might see hidden from its Rider [JJ versions = 'Disendowment'] [Samuel Wilberforce sitting on an obstinate ass wearing spectacles, with weight of '39 Art[icles]' chained to its ankle and bible tied with a bow to its tail; angel-like figure brandishing sword of 'disestablishment' in background. cf disestablishment of the Church of Ireland, 1 Jan. 1871] [John Johnson 14] by Thomas Shrimpton & Son publ., [c. 1870]