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William Edward Forster Collection

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: The Right Hon WE Forster, MP 1818-1886, 1886. Creator: Unknown

The Right Hon WE Forster, MP 1818-1886, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Right Hon WE Forster, MP 1818-1886, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: A Reminiscence of the late Mr Forster's Irish Chief Secretaryship, 1886. Creator: Unknown

A Reminiscence of the late Mr Forster's Irish Chief Secretaryship, 1886. Creator: Unknown
A Reminiscence of the late Mr Forster's Irish Chief Secretaryship - Visiting a Victim of "Captain Moonlight" at Tulla, County Clare, 1882, 1886. From "The Graphic

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: William Edward Forster, British industrialist, philanthropist and politician, c1880 (1883)

William Edward Forster, British industrialist, philanthropist and politician, c1880 (1883). From William Ewart Gladstone and His Contemporaries, Vol. III, 1852-1860, by Thomas Archer, F.R.H.S

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: William Edward Forster, 19th century British industrialist and Liberal Party statesman, (1900)

William Edward Forster, 19th century British industrialist and Liberal Party statesman, (1900). Artist: Russell & Sons
William Edward Forster, 19th century British industrialist and Liberal Party statesman, (1900). Forster (1818-1886) was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: William Edward Forster, British Liberal politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin

William Edward Forster, British Liberal politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
William Edward Forster, British Liberal politician, c1890. Forster (1818-1886) was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: William Edward Forster MP, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield

William Edward Forster MP, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
William Edward Forster MP, 1878. Forster was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament. He helped his father distribute relief to the famine-stricken population in Ireland in 1846

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: A New Departure, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain

A New Departure, 1882. Artist: Joseph Swain
A New Departure, 1882. The Chief Secretary for Ireland, William Forster, resigns from his office in Mr Gladstones Liberal government

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: Strangling the Monster, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain

Strangling the Monster, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Strangling the Monster, 1881. The Liberal Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, is seen strangling the three headed monster of the Irish Land League

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: The Giants and the Pigmy, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain

The Giants and the Pigmy, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Giants and the Pigmy, 1881. The Liberal Prime Minister, carrying the axe, is walking in company with his Chief Secretary for Ireland, Mr William Forster

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: The School (Board) Match, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain

The School (Board) Match, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
The School (Board) Match, 1873. Various nonconformist factions are involved in the School (Board) Match being umpired by Mr William Forster

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: The Education Problem, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain

The Education Problem, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Education Problem, 1870. Forster, the schoolboy on the left had earlier in the year introduced the governments Bill for Public Elementary Education in England and Wales

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain

The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Three R s; Or, Better Late Than Never, 1870. In February 1870 Forster introduced his Elementary Education Bill in Parliament

Background imageWilliam Edward Forster Collection: The Bow of Ulysses, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain

The Bow of Ulysses, 1875. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Bow of Ulysses, 1875. The Liberal opposition had to choose a new leader following Mr Gladstones resignation from office following the Liberal defeat in the General Election of 1874


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