The Election Budget Size:S: 36 x 28cm Map of London and surrounding

Map of London and surrounding counties along the River Thames from Thames Ditton to Erith

Richard Briers

some of which are children playing with marbles and a hoop

a pickaxe and a shovel

'Black Girl with Fruit'

The Election Budget Size:S: 36 x 28cm Map of London and surrounding'The Election Budget', 1865. Gladstone exclaims I Think, Mr Bull, We may now Reckon on Your Support! Gladstone gives John Bull some pennies and his wife a packet of tea. Mr Punch takes a regular look at Mr Gladstone's Budget. The 1865 proposals worked from a position of a surplus of some 4m, as shown on the sack at Mr Gladstone's feet. Income tax was reduced by 2d in the pound, bringing it from 6d to 4d and Mr Gladstone gives the man of the household,