The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm in one a figure is

in one a figure is pulling in a fishing net

There was no gain to be had from Britain seeking to intervene and Punch believed that the Prime Minister

A collector of second-hand fabric

Accident at the Indianapolis 500

The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm in one a figure is'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