The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm View of Newgate Prison

View of Newgate Prison

in one a figure is pulling in a fishing net

FS Bennett imported it

Old Bailey

moving towards a grotesque figure (the Republic) before whom Justice lies prostrate

The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm View of Newgate Prison'The Divided Skirt', 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons. By now, he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881, and this had been shorted to GOM by many. He is fitting a decidedly matronly Britannia with her first divided skirt. This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office