Cartoon, Intercepted (Gladstone and John Bull)

Cartoon, Intercepted -- a satirical comment on Gladstone as Liberal Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a budgetary surplus. He is depicted here as a chef, intending to give the surplus to John Bull (bulldog), not noticing that two hungry birds, representing conflicts in Afghanistan and Transvaal, are already pecking at the bowl's contents

Afghanistan Analogy Budget Bulldog Bulldogs Chef Comment Exchequer Gladstone Hungry Intercepted Metaphor Pecking Resources Surplus Taxpayer Transvaal

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