Cartoon, Twopenny Politics (Gladstone and Bright)

Cartoon, Twopenny Politics -- a satirical comment on electoral reform, as promoted by Liberal politicians John Bright and William Gladstone. Lord John Russell appears as a gipsy woman, and Edmond Beales, a radical reformer and Reform League President, as a frowning dog. John Bull and respectable-looking workmen stand further back to the right, looking worried or disapproving

Americanism Analogy Caravan Comment Disapproving Disreputable Edmond Electoral Fairground Frowning Gipsy Gladstone Gypsy Plump Radical Reform Reformer Republicanism Respectable Twopenny Workmen

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