The Travelling Quack

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Title

The Travelling Quack

Subject

W.E. Gladstone as a quack doctor selling remedies from his caravan; representing his advocacy of the Home Rule Bill in Parliament. Chromolithograph by T. Merry, 1889.

Description

Gladstone holds up 'Home Rule Ointment' and his caravan bears various inscriptions: 'Dr. Gladstone's infallible Home Rule Ointment', 'The heart Midlothian', 'Gladstonia glamour', 'Capacity of a radical voters stomach'

1 print : chromolithograph ; image 48 x 30.5 cm

Creator

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.

Source

Wellcome
https://wellcomecollection.org/works/e47uvan6

Publisher

[London] : [The Publishing Company], June 22nd 1889.

Collection

Citation

Merry, Tom, 1852-1902. , “The Travelling Quack,” European Mastectomy, accessed May 24, 2026, https://european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/items/show/221.