The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: people are burning in a ballot box, Disraeli is kissing a Turk representing tyranny and crime, a Zulu warrior looks on, and broken puppet of Lord Dalkeith lies in the foreground. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
- Mantrop, J. Bert.
- Date:
- 1879/1880
- Reference:
- 568590i
- Part of:
- Victorian album of political satires.
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The men labelled "faggots" represent 'faggot voters' produced by manipulation of the electoral register: their votes were "manufactured for party purposes, by the transfer to persons, not otherwise legally qualified, of sufficient property to qualify them as electors" (Oxford English dictionary)
Publication/Creation
Edinburgh : J. Bert Mantrop, 1879/1880.
Physical description
1 print (album page 10) : engraving ; image 27.6 x 54.5 cm
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The Gladstone cartoon ; J. Bert Mantrop ...
Reference
Wellcome Collection 568590i
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