1-150-868 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

Au Revoir!, 1881. The Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, is depicted as busking outside the House of Lords, as his Irish Land Bill mounts the steps. It was after much debate and amendment that the Bill passed its third reading in the Commons, having occupied virtually all available time in the Commons for nearly four months. When it went to the Lords, it was believed that it would encounter yet further opposition and amendment. From Punch, or the London Charivari, August 6, 1881.