The Old Umbrella!!! Size:Standard: 6 x 4in View of Vauxhall Bridge with

View of Vauxhall Bridge with a steamboat on the Thames

'A Midsummer Pantomime'

A chair mender carrying a large bundle of cane over his shoulder

22nd April 1970

The Old Umbrella!!! Size:Standard: 6 x 4in View of Vauxhall Bridge with'The Old Umbrella!!!', 1886. This cartoon shows the former Prime Minister, William Gladstone. The Liberal Party had recently lost the General Election to the Conservatives, and their leader, Lord Salisbury had been invited by Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, to form a government. The Liberals had experienced much dissent within their party, with the Radicals distancing themselves from Gladstone's Irish Home Rule Bill. However, should the Liberals reunite