Strangling the Monster Finish:Stretched 'The Agony in the Garden'

'The Agony in the Garden'

Lord Mayor Thomas Johnson and his entourage embarking from the Tower of London

27th August 1981

The effigy of the bishop lies on golden pillows

Strangling the Monster Finish:Stretched 'The Agony in the Garden''Strangling the Monster', 1881. The Liberal Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, is seen strangling the three headed monster of the Irish Land League. This follows the introduction of the Protection of Person and Property Bill by the Liberal Chief Secretary for Ireland, William Forster. It proposed the arrest and custody of anyone suspected of complicity in agrarian outrages. There had certainly been much violence and unrest in Ireland, and Mr Forster gave