Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895.

  • Boyd, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1854-1930.
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[1894-1895?]
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572932i
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view Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895.

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Lord Rosebery and two other politicians represented as caterpillars searching for leaves in a barren landscape. Drawing by A.S. Boyd, ca. 1895. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The second caterpillar resembles Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, and the third one John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn: both were British Liberal politicians of the time. The "Newcastle programme" was a Liberal manifesto adopted in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1891; it included Irish Home Rule and other Liberal measures. The present drawing shows Rosebery's cabinet abandoning it

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[1894-1895?]

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1 drawing : ink ; image 24 x 21.8 cm

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In search of a leaf: cater-pillars of the Liberal Party. ASB Two dead and leafless trees in the background are labelled "Newcastle programme" and "Home Rule"

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Wellcome Collection 572932i

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