A Derby Obstruction Santa Maria della Salute Middle row: Bill Foulkes

Middle row: Bill Foulkes

View with figures and carriages on Fleet Street and Temple Bar in the distance

c 1925-c1930

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A Derby Obstruction Santa Maria della Salute Middle row: Bill Foulkes'A Derby Obstruction', 1861. Disraeli is endeavouring to obstruct the passage of the phaeton being driven by Lord Palmerston, with Gladstone beside him and Lord Russell in the rear seat. Disraeli says Shan't get out o' the way. I'd like to upset the lot of yer! Mr Gladstone's Budget of 1860 had proposed the abolition of the duties on paper. This created a crisis as the Conservative majority in the House of Lords chose to reject this particular