1-150-721 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

'Paradise and the Peri', 1874. Mr Disraeli is taken by the wings of happiness. The General Election of the 5th March 1874 had seen the Conservatives, under the leadership of Mr Disraeli, surge into power with a majority of 56. Mr Gladstone's Liberal party, in power for the past five and half years, now faced time in opposition. From Punch, or the London Charivari, February 28, 1874.