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| Picture No | 12916927 |
| Date | 1852 |
| Description | Cartoon, Up Goes the Quartern Loaf |
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Cartoon, Up Goes the Quartern Loaf -- Now, Gents, Give us only a Little Encouragement -- Say a Five Shilling Duty -- and UP Goes the Quartern Loaf! Derby and Disraeli are depicted as street entertainers, watched by a crowd of unhappy spectators who are worried about the price of bread going up. Disraeli had suggested in a speech in his Buckinghamshire constituency that the government wanted to support agricultural interests, meaning that money could be raised for farmers by adding tax to a loaf of bread. People were clearly worried that this could mean a new Corn Law, after the old one had been repealed.
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| Source | Cartoon in 'Punch', 20 March 1852, page 119 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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