RM2B3B521–Death was very much part of life in Victorian magazine illustration where an open coffin is typically laid on trestles in the parlour of the house and relatives (including children) each take their turns to say their goodbyes to the dead relative.
RM2D74YK1–An old British political cartoon showing a politician (believed to be Sir Edward Grey ) paying his respects at the death of the corn tax (1902-1903), a move by the British parliament in favour of free trade. In 1902 The Conservative government had introduced a duty on corn as a revenue measure to help meet the cost of the Boer War, but it was so unpopular that it was repealed a year later.
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