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Cartoon entitled 'The Grand Old Man and his Puny Calumniators' by J. D. Reigh, 1888

Statue of William Ewart Gladstone holding a parchment inscribed “Home Rule” in his left hand and a branch in his right hand. At the foot of the statue, people are rioting and some of them are holding a banner saying “Down with Gladstone”.


Source: United Ireland, 29 December 1888.

Case Study

  1. Home Rule—The Elections of 1885 & 1886