'Figure du Taureau de la Floride' Size:XS: 25 x 20cm He has lived riotously

He has lived riotously

The sitter's right hand can be seen holding a paper

This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office early 1886

He and his brother Horace bought the UK agency of DFP cars in 1912

'Figure du Taureau de la Floride' Size:XS: 25 x 20cm He has lived riotouslyFigure of a North American bison ['Bull of Florida'], viewed from the side. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des plus notables matieres contenues esdit discours (chez Gabriel Buon, Paris, 1582), f. 26. Ambroise Par (c. 1510 1590) was a French barber surgeon and anatomist who served several Kings of France. Original: woodcut engraving. 1582