Extraordinary Mildness of The Political Season Size:M: 60 x 45cm John Penn and Lord Kirkcudbright

John Penn and Lord Kirkcudbright

Norman Wisdom and Bruce Forsyth

[Wad]den of St Catherine

'Procession of the Cod Company from St Giles's to Billingsgate'

Extraordinary Mildness of The Political Season Size:M: 60 x 45cm John Penn and Lord Kirkcudbright'Extraordinary Mildness of The Political Season', 1869. The new Prime Minister, Gladstone, meets with the former Prime Minister, Disraeli. The new session of parliament had just started and, in this cartoon, the two men present each other with flowery compliments. However, each man hides behind his back the birch with which he hopes to belabour the opposition during the new session. From Punch, or the London Charivari, February 27, 1869.