The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm Old Bailey

Old Bailey

FS Bennett imported it

moving towards a grotesque figure (the Republic) before whom Justice lies prostrate

There was no gain to be had from Britain seeking to intervene and Punch believed that the Prime Minister

The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm Old Bailey'The Divided Skirt', 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons. By now, he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881, and this had been shorted to GOM by many. He is fitting a decidedly matronly Britannia with her first divided skirt. This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office