Bob and The Bobby, Or Only His Fun Size:M: 60 x 45cm The Ragged School Union was

The Ragged School Union was a charity founded in 1844 by the social reformer Lord Shaftesbury to establish schools offering free education to working class children

A strawberry seller

He was also a member of the Draper's Company

and it was apparent from Gladstone's earlier victories in parliament on the question of the disestablishment of the Irish Church that this would feature strongly in his campaign for

Bob and The Bobby, Or Only His Fun Size:M: 60 x 45cm The Ragged School Union was'Bob and The Bobby, Or Only His Fun', 1869. Robert Lowe, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, had proposed devaluing the sovereign by one per cent. Punch disapproved of this proposal and, in this cartoon, Policeman Bull warns Mr Lowe of the risks of pursuing this course of action. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 16, 1869.