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Gladstone / Speech / 1892
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Giving a speech at the Music Hall, Edinburgh, on 30 June 1892, as part of his Midlothian campaign Date: 1876
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1876 1892 Audience Balding Campaign Edinburgh Ewart Giving Gladstone Midlothian Raised Speech Whiskers
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This evocative photograph captures the moment when William Ewart Gladstone, a towering figure in British political history, addressed a passionate crowd at the Music Hall in Edinburgh on 30 June 1892. Gladstone, who had already served as Prime Minister four times, was in the midst of his Midlothian campaign, an election battle in Scotland that would ultimately prove to be his last. With his distinctive white whiskers and balding pate, Gladstone cuts an authoritative figure as he raises his arm to emphasize a point, while the engaged and attentive audience hangs on his every word. The scene is set against the ornate backdrop of the Music Hall, with its ornate columns and intricate plasterwork, adding an air of grandeur to the event. This photograph is a poignant reminder of a bygone era in British politics, when oratory skills and charisma could sway public opinion and shape the course of history.
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