2-480-588 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A far advanced Radical', 1871. Caricature of Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke (1843-1911), British politician. Dilke was a radical Liberal politician who served as MP for Chelsea between 1866 and 1886. He was a cabinet minister from 1882-1885, helping to pass a range of progressive legislation including laws giving the municipal franchise to women, limiting working hours and legalising unions, but his ministerial career ended due to a scandalous divorce case. A print from Vanity Fair, 25 November 1871.