DESCRIPTION
A hand coloured British political cartoon from 1877, featuring Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield) and William Gladstone, both some-time Prime Ministers and fierce opponents. In 1877, when this cartoon was drawn, Disraeli (Conservative) was Prime Minster but he was succeeded by Gladstone (Liberal) in 1880. Disraeli died in 1881 and Gladstone in 1898.