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Description: | [SHEET 1; first to third cartoons]
The subject of the first cartoon / a train en route to Midlothian / with Gladstone and his Cabinet / addressing the people at / a railway station - Out of / the windows of their carriages/
Second cartoon - /
Chamberlain with a four / in hand driving Gladstone / Brought [?] Northbrook / Granville Doyle Harcourt and / Hartington {?] Childers / Trevelyan over a precipice. /
Third cartoon /
Argyll leaving the Cabinet / form out [?] in highland costume / stern face playing the bagpipes / and sounding a warning to the / Country - Bright in the form of an Ape or Monkey being / dragged by a long chain behind /
[SHEET 2 - fourth to sixth cartoons - right hand side torn off)
Fourth Cartoon /
The Gladstone cab / Childers leading / XXX XXXX those of rat / then are clambering /
edge of a vat - / XX others on the edg / trying to reach - /
Fifth cartoon /
Releasing// from Kilmainham / -ing and missing /
Sixth cartoon /
Arm in arm / Bradlaugh going / the House of Comm [crossed out) /
The G.O.M. Pulling / Kyber Pass railway ap / emplying the stamps an / Laying it down age
[Sheet 3 poem]
"Be with us now in Mercy high /
And spare thy servants when they cry /
Our sins blot out our prayers receive /
Thy light throughout our darkness give /
Let not dull sleep the soul oppress /
Nor secret foe the heart possess /
Our flesh keep chaste that it may be /
A Holy Temple meet for thee
three papers with text relating to 'Five Years of Misrule'; and 9 sheets of text about illustrations for an unknown publication.
SHEET 1 - first to third cartoons; 20.4x13,1cm (V shaped tear on base), relating to cover, p.8, and p.11
The subject of the first cartoon / a train en route to Midlothian / with Gladstone and his Cabinet / addressing the people at / a railway station - Out of / the windows of their carriages/
Second cartoon - /
Chamberlain with a four / in hand driving Gladstone / Brought [?] Northbrook / Granville Doyle Harcourt and / Hartington {?] Childers / Trevelyan over a precipice. /
Third cartoon /
Argyll leaving the Cabinet / form out [?] in highland costume / stern face playing the bagpipes / and sounding a warning to the / Country - Bright in the form of an Ape or Monkey being / dragged by a long chain behind /
[SHEET 2 - fourth to sixth cartoons - 18.0x8.1cm, right hand side torn off), relating to p.13, p.15, and p.17
Fourth Cartoon /
The Gladstone cab / Childers leading / XXX XXXX those of rat / then are clambering /
edge of a vat - / XX others on the edg / trying to reach - /
Fifth cartoon /
Releasing// from Kilmainham / -ing and missing /
Sixth cartoon /
Arm in arm / Bradlaugh going / the House of Comm [crossed out) /
The G.O.M. Pulling / Kyber Pass railway ap / emplying the stamps an / Laying it down age
[SHEET 3 - poem, 8.9x11.5cm]
"Be with us now in Mercy high /
And spare thy servants when they cry /
Our sins blot out our prayers receive /
Thy light throughout our darkness give /
Let not dull sleep the soul oppress /
Nor secret foe the heart possess /
Our flesh keep chaste that it may be /
A Holy Temple meet for thee | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.miscellaneous.517764 | Go to resource |
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