A policeman (Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville) restrains another policeman (Gladstone) from interfering in a fight between the Mahdi and General Gordon next to Cleopatra's Needle on the River Thames. Colour lithograph by T. Merry, 1884.
- Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.
- Date:
- May 24th 1884
- Reference:
- 42743i
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Description
The Mahdi holds a dagger towards Gordon's throat. The print shows the two stone sphinxes placed one on each side of Cleopatra's needle, and, in the background, the wrought-iron Hungerford railway bridge, which had opened in 1864
Publication/Creation
London : [The Publishing Company], May 24th 1884.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 21.3 x 32.3 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Where are the police? (See libretto) "St. Stephen's Review" presentation cartoon, May 24th, 1884
Reference
Wellcome Collection 42743i
Type/Technique
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Subjects
- Affray
- Police
- Cleopatra's Needle (London, England)
- Khartoum (Sudan)HistorySiege, 1884-1885
- Thames River (England)
- Westminster (London, England)
- Granville, Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl, 1815-1891.
- Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
- Gordon, Charles George, 1833-1885.
- Mahdī, Muḥammad Aḥmad, 1848-1885.
- Gordon Relief Expedition (1884-1885)
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Location Status Access Closed stores