Goody Gladstone's Gifts cross legged Plan of the City of

Plan of the City of London and surrounding area showing fortifications erected during the English Civil War

'A Bed Matt or a Door Matt'

Found in the collection of the Musée Rodin

Men playing swill at Mulberry Garden

Goody Gladstone's Gifts cross legged Plan of the City of'Goody Gladstone's Gifts', 1864. Mr Gladstone, on the right in this cartoon, had just introduced his 1864 Budget. A surplus of 2,570,000 during the previous year had allowed Gladstone to shave a further penny off income tax, leaving it at sixpence in the pound. He had also lowered sugar duties and reduced the duty on fire insurances from 3 shillings to 1 shilling and sixpence. He did not propose any change to the malt duties. Here, Gladstone is giving