British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

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The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: William Gladstone runs past the Earl of Dalkeith who lies on the ground amid burning faggots. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.

Pages in a book; left, a Liberal page illustrated with a happy child, a cornucopia and a medallion of Gladstone; right, a Tory page illustrated with an unhappy child and a serpent depicted with the face of Disraeli. Engraving after W. Dewane, ca. 1880.

W.E. Gladstone and other Liberal politicians as prisoners being released from prison; relatives and friends waiting for them at the gate. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 18 December 1886.

British politicians playing cricket: Parnell, batting with a bat marked "treason" is bowled by The times newspaper. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 May 1887.

British politicians as huntsmen arriving at a river representing the Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act 1887. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 3 December 1887.

The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: William Gladstone is saluting a crowd; his opponent the Earl of Dalkeith is hiding behind a tree in order to throw faggots at him. Engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.

Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, has been stabbed by his wife's lover (W.E. Gladstone) with a sword on which is written "duplicity". Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 November 1885, after W. Hogarth.

The coffin of W.E. Gladstone lying in state in Westminster Hall, attended by five men praying. Drawing by G.B. Scott after A. Kemp Tebby, 1898.

William Gladstone in a church, a halo around his head, holding a sword lettered "Disestablishment" behind his back. Engraving, ca. 1880.

William Gladstone standing in a wheelbarrow. Engraving, March 1880.

W.E. Gladstone being kicked out by opponents of his Irish Home Rule bill after the failure of the bill on 8 June 1886. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1886.

Five actors represented by English politicians are performing a pantomime while a (Quaker?) spectator is asleep in his chair. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1 January 1887.

Left, the sun depicting Disraeli is setting on a devastated land; right, the sun depicting Gladstone is rising, bringing hope and a blooming economy. Lithograph, 1879.

William Ewart Gladstone. Photograph.

Three bookmakers (representing British politicians) are watching a horserace in which three horses are neck and neck. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 7 September 1889.

Moses parting the Red Sea: British politicians depicted drowning in the sea. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 5 December 1885.

A letter to the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer on the formation of the Initiative Board in the University of Oxford / by Henry W. Acland.

"The woman" and the age : a letter addressed to the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. ... / by sundry members, clerical, medical and lay, of the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection.

Disease germs, their real nature : an original investigation / by Lionel S. Beale.

William Ewart Gladstone, with a letter of thanks from him to Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1893.

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A letter to the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer on the formation of the Initiative Board in the University of Oxford / by Henry W. Acland.

"The woman" and the age : a letter addressed to the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. ... / by sundry members, clerical, medical and lay, of the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection.

Disease germs, their real nature : an original investigation / by Lionel S. Beale.

William Ewart Gladstone, with a letter of thanks from him to Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1893.

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A letter to the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer on the formation of the Initiative Board in the University of Oxford / by Henry W. Acland.

"The woman" and the age : a letter addressed to the Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P. ... / by sundry members, clerical, medical and lay, of the International Association for the Total Suppression of Vivisection.

Disease germs, their real nature : an original investigation / by Lionel S. Beale.

William Ewart Gladstone, with a letter of thanks from him to Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. Wood engraving and letterpress, 1893.

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