Who Will Rouse Him? William C Portrait of Ronald Collet Norman

Portrait of Ronald Collet Norman

during the opening ceremony given by King William IV and Queen Adelaide

Scene depicting bomb damage suffered in World War II

c1906-c1907

with a description

Who Will Rouse Him? William C Portrait of Ronald Collet Norman'Who Will Rouse Him?', 1859. The British Lion rests quietly against a wall whilst the three most prominent politicians advocating parliamentary reform prod him with 'reform' spears. They are, from left to right, the Quaker John Bright, the Conservative Disraeli and the Liberal Lord John Russell. Which of them will succeed in waking the Lion? At this time, Lord Derby's Conservative Government was still in power. From Punch, or the London Charivari,