The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm is called Judas Iscariot

is called Judas Iscariot

moving towards a grotesque figure (the Republic) before whom Justice lies prostrate

Old Bailey

pictured shopping in Berwick Street market

The Divided Skirt Size:M: 60 x 45cm is called Judas Iscariot'The Divided Skirt', 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons. By now, he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881, and this had been shorted to GOM by many. He is fitting a decidedly matronly Britannia with her first divided skirt. This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office