William Gladstone with Charles Bradlaugh who is splilling the content of a cup on which is written "Fruits of philosophy Bradlaugh" on to Rosebery's face; William Adam is shown behind. Engraving, ca. 1880.

Date:
[1880?]
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568622i
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Victorian album of political satires.
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Fruits of philosophy: a treatise on the population question, by Charles Knowlton, was a pamphlet about contraception that was published by Annie Besant and Charles Bradlaugh, who were prosecuted for obscenity in 1877

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

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1 print (album page 18) : engraving ; image 33 x 36 cm

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The new Gladstone Cartoon ; Gladstone, Adam, and Bradlaugh, or the crusade against the Scotch Church ...

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Wellcome Collection 568622i

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