Cartoon of Queen Victoria's Christmas

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An 1886 cartoon drawn by Tom Merry showing the British prime minister William Gladstone dreaming of Queen Victoria's Christmas, a dinner with representatives of the nations in the British Empire. Gladstone is depicted as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The ghost is Gladstone's predecessor Benjamin Disraeli. (Wellcome Collection)

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Collection, W. (2025, December 05). Cartoon of Queen Victoria's Christmas. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21434/cartoon-of-queen-victorias-christmas/

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Collection, Wellcome. "Cartoon of Queen Victoria's Christmas." World History Encyclopedia, December 05, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21434/cartoon-of-queen-victorias-christmas/.

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Collection, Wellcome. "Cartoon of Queen Victoria's Christmas." World History Encyclopedia, 05 Dec 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21434/cartoon-of-queen-victorias-christmas/.

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