Title

'Mutual Accommodation', 1860. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Mutual Accommodation', 1860. This cartoon illustrates the argument taking place between France, represented here by Madame La Banque on the left, and Britain in the shape of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street on the right. It appears that France had been engaged in creating an artificial run on British gold reserves. Eventually, though, a 'mutual accommodation' was reached whereby Britain made a loan of £2m in gold upon receiving a deposit of the same sum in silver from France. From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 1, 1860.

Date

1860

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_121

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (4,5Mb) / 16,5in x 12,7in / 4947 x 3802 (300dpi)

Keywords

road people male man men hat footwear shoes street politics country France metal guy bag clothes lane silver avenue bonnet socks dress gold location century Britain shoe sock walking stick B&W cartoon MONOCHROME metaphor buckle 19th century black & white black and white B W allegorical figure nineteenth century Threadneedle Street Heritage Image Partnership gold reserve money changing hands caricature satire engraving Unknown engraving caricature satire