Cartoon, Rival Sweepers (Electoral Reform)

Cartoon, Rival Sweepers -- a satirical comment on the opening of the new Parliamentary session, with MPs from both parties ready to put forward their rival ideas for electoral reform, involving the extension of the franchise to the respectable working man. (Left to right: Disraeli, Russell, Gladstone, Bright, with Britannia looking out of the House of Commons front door.)

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