The tale of a tail. Illustration shows Viscount Wolseley attempting to glue the tail labeled Prestige onto a weeping British Lion with the aid of British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone who is holding a glue pot labeled Berber Expedition, a large, bloody animal trap labeled Khartoum Trap and El Mahdi Patent is in the foreground.

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The tale of a tail. Illustration shows Viscount Wolseley attempting to glue the tail labeled Prestige onto a weeping British Lion with the aid of British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone who is holding a glue pot labeled Berber Expedition, a large, bloody animal trap labeled Khartoum Trap and El Mahdi Patent is in the foreground.

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Keywords: archival, archive, berber, british, cartoon, drawing, expedition, gladstone, gordon, historical, history, illustration, lion, minister, political, politics, prestige, prime, relief, satire, tail, tale, viscount, william, wolseley