Strangling the Monster Bents Found in the collection of

Found in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery

Church of St Martin Orgar

The soldiers can be seen pulling two cannons on the right

The Trial of Thomas Wentworth

Strangling the Monster Bents Found in the collection of'Strangling the Monster', 1881. The Liberal Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, is seen strangling the three headed monster of the Irish Land League. This follows the introduction of the Protection of Person and Property Bill by the Liberal Chief Secretary for Ireland, William Forster. It proposed the arrest and custody of anyone suspected of complicity in agrarian outrages. There had certainly been much violence and unrest in Ireland, and Mr Forster gave