Goody Gladstone's Gifts cross legged 'A Bed Matt or a

'A Bed Matt or a Door Matt'

Found in the collection of the Musée Rodin

Original is oil on canvas 14 X 17 (inches)

This cartoon shows cricket practice being enlivened by the use of a cannon to replace the more traditional bowler

Plan of the City of London and surrounding area showing fortifications erected during the English Civil War

Goody Gladstone's Gifts cross legged 'A Bed Matt or a'Goody Gladstone's Gifts', 1864. Mr Gladstone, on the right in this cartoon, had just introduced his 1864 Budget. A surplus of 2,570,000 during the previous year had allowed Gladstone to shave a further penny off income tax, leaving it at sixpence in the pound. He had also lowered sugar duties and reduced the duty on fire insurances from 3 shillings to 1 shilling and sixpence. He did not propose any change to the malt duties. Here, Gladstone is giving