1-150-846 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

'Rival Rogues', 1880. Mr Punch faces the twin candidates for the Conservative and Liberal Parties. This is in relation to the first Election Commission following the 1880 General Election which opened at Macclesfield at the beginning of October 1880. It was followed by a number of others across the country, all of which showed that both parties were equally involved in bribery and other corrupt practices during the Election. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 16, 1880.