The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 'Buy my Dish of great

'Buy my Dish of great Eels'

View of a rat catcher holding a cage of rats which is being attacked by a dog

Claiming that nothing had been done to stop the slave-trade until he made it a crime

1903 Gordon Bennett race

Showing the delivery of the City Sword at Temple Bar

The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 'Buy my Dish of great'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