Hercules and The Hydra mb-width 3337 A wax and wafer seller

A wax and wafer seller

and disc brakes were on four wheels

A 'macaroni' or dandy in powdered wig

Queen Elizabeth I travelling by coach to St Paul's Cathedral after the defeat of the Spanish Armada

Hercules and The Hydra mb-width 3337 A wax and wafer seller'Hercules and The Hydra', 1870. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, dressed as Hercules. The hydra, a mythical many headed serpent here represents all the various difficulties that Mr Gladstone will face during the coming Session of parliament. Armed with a large sword, he will have to behead each of the problems which include sanitary and railway reform, education and various Irish issues. From Punch, or the London Charivari,