General election Size:XS: 30 x 20cm beggar and a sedan chair

beggar and a sedan chair can be seen

Aldgate House

' A hat box seller walks along the street with his boxes suspended from a pole resting on his shoulder

Panoramic view of the City of Westminster

General election Size:XS: 30 x 20cm beggar and a sedan chairGeneral election, (1874?). A shrouded figure holds up the ballot box whilst, in the mists and gloom at the figure's feet, the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, with his Home Secretary Robert Lowe at his heels, gropes his way towards engaging in combat with the Conservative Leader Disraeli. A General Election was looming, especially in view of the recent troubles of the Liberal administration. The new voting procedures introduced under the Ballot Act,