Orestes pursued by the Furies allegorical figure with horses and a cart

with horses and a cart to her right and figures by a sedan chair to her left

Gil Blas taken prisoner

This was once the residence of the poet Robert Bloomfield

Doorways of nos 1 & 2 Laurence Pountney Hill

Orestes pursued by the Furies allegorical figure with horses and a cart'Orestes pursued by the Furies', 1858. Lord Palmerston, Leader of the Opposition, is pursued by the Furies. These are John Bright holding the cat o' nine tails, Disraeli, the Conservative chancellor of the Exchequer with the birch and the brand, and a third, more schematic, Fury represents Roebuck. This cartoon refers to what Punch called 'The Battle of the Ballot' in which the extension of the franchise was discussed. John Bright and Disraeli were