A Crisis! expedition with vessels on the River

with vessels on the River Thames and three men ashore working on a boat in the foreground

'Washerwomen'

Both teams line up together with the shared trophy after the match

The last of a long line of this make were still in evidence as late as 1952

A Crisis! expedition with vessels on the River'A Crisis!', 1868. At the end of April 1868, Gladstone won his Resolution for the disestablishment of the Irish Church. Disraeli's government lost by 65 votes. With Prime Minister Disraeli on the left, and Gladstone on the right, this cartoon depicts the two party leaders meeting face to face, each man carrying his own particular burden. Neither man is prepared to give way to the other. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 16, 1868.