An auction at which British dominions are sold, according to proposed Liberal reforms; India being sold at auction to a Russian man. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 31 October 1891.

The auctioneer is Gladstone, and his clerk sitting below him is Sir William Harcourt. Men representing Gibraltar, Canada and Egypt wait to be sold. The bidders include a Frenchman (?) on the left, an American on the right, and the Russian buyer of India in the middle

One print in a series on the proposed Newcastle Programme, a "radical programme" put forward by the National Liberal Federation in Great Britain, led by Joseph Chamberlain, involving Home Rule for Ireland, reform of the House of Lords, and other measures. The series envisages disastrous results in the event of the programme being implemented

London (50 Strand W.C.) : Printed and published by the Publishing Company, Limited, October 31st, 1891.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 47.2 x 30.5 cm

The radical programme. No. 4. Dismemberment of the Empire. St. Stephen's Review presentation cartoon, October 31st, 1891. Tom Merry del. et lith.

Wellcome Collection 564986i