Caricature of william ewart gladstone (left) and william vernon harcourt. Part of a 3-page set "mixed political wares". Accompanying biography read "he [gladstone] has been making political speeches for two generations; yet, since he defended the slaveowners sixty years ago he has scarce taken up a cause that he has not ruined, nor advocated scarce a principle that he has not presently thrown overboard. Chief of 'babble's' associates is one 'bluster', who is very proud of his blood, boasting himself to be a scion of a royal house. But there is a great difference between the persuasiveness of 'babble' and the bullying of 'bluster'; and though he be not without ability he will never suffice to hold together the mixed and unregenerate party that has just been collected by the 'babble'". Object Type: painting. Date: 1892. Medium: pencil, watercolor and gouache paint. Babble and Bluster Vanity Fair 3 December 1892
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