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| Keywords: Babble and Bluster Vanity Fair 3 December 1892.jpg Babble and Bluster Caricature of William Ewart Gladstone left and William Vernon Harcourt Part of a 3-page set Mixed Political Wares <br>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' Original pencil watercolour and bodycolour Published in Vanity Fair 3 December 1892 <br>Downloaded from Christie's online 4647112 1892 creator Leslie Ward PD-old-auto 1922 Caricatures by Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair Gladstone Vanity Fair caricatures politicians Gladstone Caricatures of William Gladstone Vanity Fair William Vernon Harcourt politician Vanity Fair 1892 paintings Politics in the 19th century | ||||
