Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Preambulator (Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith) NPG D9962

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bernard Partridge

This drawing by Bernard Partridge was published in Punch on 25 January 1911 along with the inscription 'The Preamble to the Parliament Bill is threatened with strong opposition from the Labour Party.' The cartoon records how the Liberal Prime Minister, Herbert Asquith (shown here as the nanny rocking the pram), had to gain the support of Labour MPs, then small in number, to ensure the success of his Parliament Bill of 1911. This resulted in an Act to inhibit the ability of the House... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.