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| Keywords: The White Elephant, Punch 103.png white elephant is an idiom for a valuable but burdensome possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost particularly cost of upkeep is out of proportion to its usefulness or worth In 1892 the British East Africa Company as the explorer which was the administrator of British East Africa including the territory of Uganda as the white elephant was becoming increasingly ineffective in its venture as a commercial company with colonial administrative rights “ amidst conflicts between rival factions including the Kingdom of Buganda French Catholic and British Protestant missionaries By 1894 the British government as the wealthy man had assumed administration rights of the territory and established the Uganda Protectorate effectively dissolving the company The title and caption not shown <blockquote><center> <big>THE WHITE ELEPHANT </big><br /><br /> PRESENT PROPRIETOR loq SEE HERE GOVERNOR HE'S A LIKELY-LOOKING ANIMAL ”BUT I CAN'T MANAGE HIM IF YOU WON'T TAKE HIM I MUST LET HIM GO </center></blockquote> 1892-10-22 http //www gutenberg org/files/15594/15594-h/15594-h htm Punch vol 103 Creator John Tenniel PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard 1892 cartoons Punch magazine cartoons John Tenniel Political cartoons of the United Kingdom | ||||
