Self and Partner Joconde and a small sweep boy

and a small sweep boy lies on the ground looking under it while the crowed looks on in amusement

A fritters seller baking hot fritters

Whilst passports were not required for Britains travelling to France

8th April 1964

Self and Partner Joconde and a small sweep boySelf and Partner, 1873. Mr Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, shakes hands warmly with Mr Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer. This cartoon relates to the state of Mr Gladstone's government at the end of the last session of parliament in the summer of 1873. The Liberals were weakening, as illustrated by a recent by election in Greenwich at which the Conservative candidate was returned with a very healthy majority. Gladstone was also experiencing