Images Dated 2nd January 2020

Cartoon, The Fight at St Stephen's Academy

Cartoon, The Fight at St Stephen's Academy -- Mrs Gamp (representing The Standard newspaper) commiserates with Disraeli for losing a fight with Gladstone. The disagreement was over the Schleswig-Holstein Question, a complex situation which was resolved by forcing the King of Denmark to give up territory to the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia. Date: 1864

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Cartoon, The Rival Black Dolls (India Bill)

Cartoon, The Rival Black Dolls, showing the former Liberal Prime Minister, Palmerston (left), and the current Conservative MP Benjamin Disraeli (right) in Lord Derby's government, depicted as rival shopkeepers. They had both been involved in promoting two separate India Bills, designed to transfer power from the British East India Company to the Crown, in response to the Indian Rebellion (Mutiny) of the previous year. The Conservative-supported Bill was passed on 2 August 1858. Date: 1858

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Show Boat at Maidenhead

View of the Show Boat at Maidenhead, a modern road house style club built in 1933 catering to a sophisticated clientele with its swimming pool, restaurant, cocktail bar and sun bathing area. Considered state of the art when it first opened, it became a United Services Club on the outbreak of war and then became a factory. It never reopened as a club and was eventually demolished in January 2019 to make way for residential flats. Date: 1933

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