![No. 16. The Fall of the Curtain](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/files/2015/04/EastDerbyshireElection-18-150x150.jpg)
East Derbyshire Election, 1868
Our look back at past elections in Special Collections is rounded off today with a gallery of from an impressive volume of East Derbyshire Election Cartoons, 1868. The book was printed and published by Richard John Smithson of Chesterfield. Shown here are 21 political cartoons. Numbers 1-18 (Liberal Cartoons) were drawn by J. Priestman Atkinson, […]
!['The Great Cock Fight Continued' in the Corporate Cockpit. From 'The Wyvern', (Leicester, 1 April 1892).](https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/files/2015/04/Wyvern_1Apr1892_opp_p360revised-150x150.jpg)
Local Politics in Leicester During the 1890s
The forthcoming local council and mayoral elections in Leicester have made me wonder what issues were preoccupying our local administration during the period when The Wyvern, a rare local Victorian periodical, was in circulation. This short-lived but fascinating Topical, Critical & Humorous Journal appeared between 1899 and 1906. It was published from ‘18 ½’ Belvoir […]
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