The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 View of East India House

View of East India House and part of adjacent buildings

The building was designed by Inigo Jones and completed in 1622

Claiming that nothing had been done to stop the slave-trade until he made it a crime

View of a rat catcher holding a cage of rats which is being attacked by a dog

John Barry

The Divided Skirt mb-code 1239220 View of East India House'The Divided Skirt', 1886. This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone. Now 76 years of age, and in his third term in office, Gladstone was undoubtedly the grandee of the Commons. By now, he had been dubbed the 'Grand Old Man' by Henry Labouchere in 1881, and this had been shorted to GOM by many. He is fitting a decidedly matronly Britannia with her first divided skirt. This relates to one of Gladstone's first Bills on regaining office