William Gladstone, amid clouds, dressed as an angel with a sword. Engraving, ca. 1880.

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[1880?]
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568638i
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Victorian album of political satires.
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William Gladstone, amid clouds, dressed as an angel with a sword. Engraving, ca. 1880. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1880?]

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1 print (album page 32) : engraving ; image 40.9 x 28.8 cm

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The apostle of peace ... Lettering at the foot of the sheet undermines the image of Gladstone as the angel of peace by listing the expenses of British wars supported by Liberal governments between 1851 and 1874. Some of them were opposed by Gladstone, such as the Second opium war against China

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Wellcome Collection 568638i

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