Reform Collection (page 3)

Ruysselede Reformatory, West Flanders - Refectory
Inmates lay tables in the refectory at the Boys Agricultural Reform School at Ruysselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Date: circa 1909

Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction (Reform)
Cartoon, Amusement Combined with Instruction -- a satirical comment on parliamentary disagreements between Gladstone and Disraeli over the latters Reform Bill. 1867

Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! (Disraeli)
Cartoon, Lodger Franchise v Dual Voting! A satirical comment on the arguments surrounding the extension of the franchise in Disraelis Reform Bill

Cartoon, Political Millinery (Disraeli and Reform)
Cartoon, Political Millinery -- a satirical comment on the disagreement between Gladstone and Disraeli as to the details of electoral reform

Cartoon, Trying It On (Disraeli and Reform)
Cartoon, Trying It On -- Disraeli as Master Tailor gets John Bull to try on a new coat, representing the Reform Bill, designed to extend the franchise to the working man

Cartoon, The Sketch of the Ministerial Measure (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Sketch of the Ministerial Measure -- Benjamin Disraeli, depicted as an artist, unveils his plans for electoral reform, and asks his fellow-MPs to fill in the details. Date: 1867

Cartoon, A New King of the Castle (Disraeli and Gladstone)
Cartoon, A New King of the Castle -- a satirical comment on the political rivalry between Gladstone (Liberal) and Disraeli (Conservative), portrayed as schoolboys about to have a fight

Cartoon, On The Square? (Trafalgar Square)
Cartoon, On The Square? John Bull in Trafalgar Square, London, looking at a lion sculpture which hasn t yet been unveiled

Cartoon, The First Question (Derby and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The First Question -- Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli, having just won a General Election for the Conservative party, are asked by a working man what they are going to do for him

Cartoon, Pudding Before Meat (Russell and Reform)
Cartoon, Pudding Before Meat -- Earl Grosvenor, Liberal MP for Chester, comments on Lord John Russell, Liberal Prime Minister, serving Pudding (franchise reform) before Meat (redistribution of seats)

Cartoon, The Officious Passenger (Bright and Russell)
Cartoon, The Officious Passenger -- a satirical comment on the radical MP John Brights attempts to push for electoral reform

Cartoon, The New Marshal (George Potter)
Cartoon, The New Marshal -- a comment on a large and turbulent demonstration by the Reform League in Hyde Park which had taken place some months earlier

Cartoon, Very Kind of Him! (John Bright)
Cartoon, Very Kind of Him! The radical Liberal MP John Bright reassures a member of the House of Lords: Don t be alarmed - I won t hurt you

Cartoon, The Belle of the Season (Russell and Reform)
Cartoon, The Belle of the Season -- a satirical comment on Lord John Russells promise that reform measures will be taken in the next parliamentary session

Cartoon, The Coming Struggle (Disraeli versus Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Coming Struggle -- using the Boat Race as an analogy for politics, Disraeli and Gladstone are depicted as rowers in competing boats

Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business (Disraeli and Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Dispatch of Business -- a satirical comment on the conflicting approaches of Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) and William Gladstone (Liberal) to electoral reform. Date: 1866

Cartoon, John Slow and John Fast (Russell and Bright)
Cartoon, John Slow and John Fast -- a satirical comment on the disagreements among MPs regarding reform, and the extension of the franchise to include more working men

Cartoon, Who Will Rouse Him? The British Lion, representing the British constituencies, seems apathetic towards political reform, in particular the proposed extension of the franchise to working men

Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole (John Bright)
Cartoon, A Very Greasy Pole -- satirical comment on John Brights efforts in promoting Reform, in particular an extension of the franchise to working men, the year after he became MP for Birmingham

Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a... Bill
Cartoon, A Parcel of Old ------ Frightened at a Nasty! Great! Ugly! Jew Bill. A satirical comment on the House of Lords rejection of the Jewish Disabilities Bill

Reform and Anti-Reform
Reform Bill - Reform and Anti-Reform - depiction of a naval battle between two ships, with the Reform ship winning. " The Portraits of the King, Lords Brougham, Russell, Grey

Cartoon, The Handwriting on the Wall. King William IV wonders if the Reform Bill has anything to do with him. The Reform Act, extending the franchise by just over 50 per cent

Tariff Reform League Campaign Card
A campaign card by the Tariff Reform League shows a hop farmer complaining that cheap imports of hops will lead to his ending up in the workhouse. Date: 1908

Florence Fenwick Miller, English journalist and author
Florence Fenwick Miller (1854-1935), English journalist, author and social reformer, editor and proprietor of The Womans Signal, an influential feminist journal. 1897

Westgate Hotel and Mayors House, Newport, Wales
Westgate Hotel and Mayors House. Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, after the Chartist Riot of 4 November 1839. 1839

Cartoon, Our Joe Rides the High Horse, showing Joseph Chamberlain flying the flag for Imperialism and Fiscal Reform, trampling his political opponent Campbell-Bannerman. circa 1900s

Ballet costume
A suggested reform in ballet costume. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley Date: 1895

Alexis Soyer
French-born Alexis Soyer was Britains first celebrity chef. He was head chef at Londons Reform Club, set up a soup kitchen in Dublin during the Irish Famine, wrote best-selling cookery books

Scenes of destruction in London after Hyde Park riots
Scene of destruction at Marble Arch (left) and broken railings at Hyde Park Corner following riots that took place in Hyde Park in response to the authorities preventing a meeting by the Reform

House of Commons, debate on Irish Home Rule Bill
Gladstone speaking in the House of Commons during the debate on the Irish Home Rule Bill. circa 1886

Englands New Voters, 1928 - Caricature by Garretto
Impression by Garretto of the new women voters in 1928, the year in which British women finally gained electoral parity with men

Richard Potter, English Liberal politician
Richard Potter (1778-1842), English Liberal reformist politician, MP for Wigan, founding member of the Little Circle which helped to put through the Reform Act of 1832. Date: circa 1830s

Leonard Henry Courtney - Radical British Politician
U=Nivocal. Leonard Henry Courtney (1832-1913) - Radical British Politician and exponent of Proportional Representation and Critic of Imperial Expansion. Date: 1900

Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Aspiring H. Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) - Chancellor of the Exchequer (1892-1895) - seated by the bedside of the church - bearing medicine for Bishops. Date: 1900

REFORM, HOUSE OF LORDS
HOUSE OF LORDS cartoon regarding the sale of honours Date: 1922

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850 - 1916), Irish-born senior British Army officer and colonial administrator

Annual inspection of the Middlesex Industrial School, established at Feltham to make provision for the care, reformation, and education of juvenile offenders

Lord John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792-1840), British Whig statesman and colonial administrator. He served as Ambassador to Russia (1835-1837). Date: circa 1832

WAITER SHOUTS 1835
The waiter in the Reform dining room shouts his order to the kitchen. Date: 1835

CARLO GOLDONI / SIX PICS
CARLO GOLDONI Six scenes celebrating his reform of Italian comedy in the style of Moliere, thereby superseding the older style commedia dellarte Date: 1707 - 1793

Cartoon, Mills Logic; or, Franchise for Females -- John Stuart Mill was trying to include women in the new Reform Act by replacing the word men with persons. Date: 1867

LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1792 - 1878), Presenting the new Reform Bill to the House of Commons during his second term as Prime Minister. Date: 1860

PRISON REFORM / J HOWARD
John Howard (1726-1790), investigating the French penal system, is visited by an officer of the Prefecture Date: circa 1775-79

Cartoon, At Last! (franchise for women)
Cartoon, At Last! Women aged 30 and over are finally given the vote in the UK. A Joan of Arc figure stands victorious with a flag labelled Womans Franchise. Date: 1918

REFORM CLUB KITCHEN
The kitchen staff at the Reform Club, London, where the kitchens were designed by Alexis Soyer Date: 1840

REFORM DINING ROOM
The waiter in the Reform dining room shouts his order to the kitchen. Date: 1835

Reform Club, Library 1846
Interior of the Library Date: 1846

Promenade in the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square, London - a place with a reputation for picking up women of easy virtue, but popular nevertheless with the urbane gentleman

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