General election Size:XS: 30 x 20cm University College

University College

'The Politician'

Aldgate House

beggar and a sedan chair can be seen

' A hat box seller walks along the street with his boxes suspended from a pole resting on his shoulder

General election Size:XS: 30 x 20cm University CollegeGeneral election, (1874?). A shrouded figure holds up the ballot box whilst, in the mists and gloom at the figure's feet, the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone, with his Home Secretary Robert Lowe at his heels, gropes his way towards engaging in combat with the Conservative Leader Disraeli. A General Election was looming, especially in view of the recent troubles of the Liberal administration. The new voting procedures introduced under the Ballot Act,