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| Picture No | 12916602 |
| Date | 1850 |
| Description | Cartoon, Gulliver and the Brobdingnag Farmers |
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Cartoon, Gulliver and the Brobdingnag Farmers -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraeli's attempt to compensate Agricultural interests by proposing to transfer two million pounds of local taxation to the Consolidated Fund. The motion was lost by a small majority. The reference is to Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
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| Source | Cartoon in 'Punch', 9 March 1850 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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