Sujet

'The Challenge', 1884. Creator: Joseph Swain.

Légende

'The Challenge', 1884. The Conservative Leader in the Upper House, Lord Salisbury, is the sentry on guard against unwanted visitors in the Lords. This relates to the Liberal's introduction of the new Franchise Bill which would have opened the vote to some two million new voters. Salisbury, however, lead a contingent that refused to cooperate until the franchise reforms of the Bill were coupled with a wide-ranging redistribution of parliamentary seats. From "Punch, or the London Charivari", June 28, 1884.

Date

1884

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Notre référence

HRM19A90_242

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,0Mo (2,9Mo) / 31,2cm x 43,4cm / 3683 x 5122 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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