Printers's cry against the Lords.
Stirling : Observer Office,
[1884?]
A poem on the 1884 Reform Act entitled: "Printers' cry agains the Lords".
The poem is enclosed within a frame which incorporates an engraving of William Ewart Gladstone. Gladstone had been a passionate supporter of male suffrage and the idea of 'one man one vote'. On either side of the engraving are the sayings "Knowledge is power" and "A free press and free people". Below this is the header: "Stirling Franchise Demonstration, Saturday, 20th September, 1884."
Suffrage
Scotland Stirling.