Gaston, Duc d'Orleans, commander of the armies under Louis XIII of France Finish:Stretched that they should be invited

that they should be invited to join the government at the annual Whitebait Dinner

With a profile detail of the great ape's head

'Old Shooes for Some Broomes'

This cartoon illustrates the appallingly unseasonable weather of the summer of 1879

Gaston, Duc d'Orleans, commander of the armies under Louis XIII of France Finish:Stretched that they should be invitedGaston, Duc d'Orleans, commander of the armies under Louis XIII of France, 1882 1884. Gaston (1608 1660) was the third son of Henry IV of France and was the oldest surviving brother of Louis XIII. He was embroiled in political intrigue throughout his life. A print from La France et les Franais Travers les Sicles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint Antoine, 1882 1884.