A policeman (Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville) restrains another policeman (Gladstone) from interfering in a fight between the Mahdi and General Gordon next to Cleopatra's Needle on the River Thames. Colour lithograph by T. Merry, 1884.

  • Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.
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May 24th 1884
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42743i
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view A policeman (Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville) restrains another policeman (Gladstone) from interfering in a fight between the Mahdi and General Gordon next to Cleopatra's Needle on the River Thames. Colour lithograph by T. Merry, 1884.

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A policeman (Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville) restrains another policeman (Gladstone) from interfering in a fight between the Mahdi and General Gordon next to Cleopatra's Needle on the River Thames. Colour lithograph by T. Merry, 1884. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Mahdi holds a dagger towards Gordon's throat. The print shows the two stone sphinxes placed one on each side of Cleopatra's needle, and, in the background, the wrought-iron Hungerford railway bridge, which had opened in 1864

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London : [The Publishing Company], May 24th 1884.

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 21.3 x 32.3 cm

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Where are the police? (See libretto) "St. Stephen's Review" presentation cartoon, May 24th, 1884

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Wellcome Collection 42743i

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