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| Picture No | 12917230 |
| Date | 1864 |
| Description | Cartoon, The False Start (Gladstone) |
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Cartoon, The False Start -- Gladstone is depicted as a jockey on a horse named Democracy. The Starter, Palmerston, calls out that he's started too soon. Gladstone had surprised his fellow-MPs by making a speech in which he supported the granting of the franchise in Boroughs to householders who paid rates of six pounds or more.
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| Source | Cartoon by John Tenniel in ‘Punch’, 28 May 1864 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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