William Ewart Gladstone, British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister Finish:none HJ Lawson and his wife

HJ Lawson and his wife at the start of the Emancipation Run

One of the spectators is on crutches carrying a pile of boxes on which are listed six of the street cries from the series

23rd August 1987

his left arm resting on a table and right hand holding a hat and gloves in his lap

The tradesman has his pint pot of beer to hand

William Ewart Gladstone, British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister Finish:none HJ Lawson and his wifeWilliam Ewart Gladstone, British Liberal Party statesman and Prime Minister, c1890. William Gladstone (1809 1898) was born in Liverpool and educated at Oxford from where in 1832 he embarked on his political career. He became Prime Minister in 1868, and then a further two times in 1880 and 1886. Whilst in power Gladstone bought in major reforms to Ireland and established a system of national education in England. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait