Come a Cropper! Size:M: 60 x 30cm Old Buildings

Old Buildings

The giantess Britannia holding Charles James Fox above her head and grasping Lord North around the neck

Bonnie Langford

Geoff Hurst had scored his third and

Come a Cropper! Size:M: 60 x 30cm Old BuildingsCome a Cropper!, 1873. Mr Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister, stands beside his fallen steed, as a bunch of assorted Irish priests and peasants shuffle off. This relates to Gladstone's attempts to push through his Irish University Bill. This was intended to remove religious discrimination from education, but was thoroughly opposed by the various religious factions, particularly by Irish Catholics. Gladstone was defeated by three votes. From Punch,