Grant Silk Woven Portrait - go208

by Geoffrey Godden:
This silk is unrecorded by Goddden.

Other comments:
The reverse has a detailed history of Gladstone:-

THE RIGHT HON. W .E. GLADSTONE was born at Liverpool in the year 1809; educated at Eton
and Oxford; first entered Parliament as Member for Newark in 1832; took office in the Treasury
under Sir R. Peel; was returned for Oxford University in 1847; became Chancellor of the Exchequer
under Lord Aberdeen in 1859; introduced his celebrated Free Trade Budget in 1860; and has been
mainly instrumental in passing and originating several measures of financial and social reform, such as
the Irish Church Act, the abolition of Taxes on Literature, the establishment of Post Office Savings
Banks, the Irish Land Act, removal of Jewish Disabilities, &c., his last great measure being the Reform
Bill of 1884, which increases the electorate by 2,000,000. The Right Hon. Gentleman is also
distinguished in literature. He has twice been called to head the nation as Prime Minister, first in 1868
and again in 1880.

Reference Number:-	Godden Number:-	Sprake Number:-
go 208	not listed	Sprake did not record any Grants

Words:	Woven on Silk:- Printed at top of card:- TRIED, TRUSTED, TRUE. Printed at bottom of card:- W.H GRANT, Manufacturer, Foleshill, Coventry WOVEN IN PURE SILK Right Hon. W.E. Gladstone, M.P.
Size:	Card-mount: 15.4 cm deep by 10.7 cm wide silk: 8.2 cm high by 5.2 cm wide
Comments:	by Geoffrey Godden: This silk is unrecorded by Goddden. Other comments: The reverse has a detailed history of Gladstone:- THE RIGHT HON. W .E. GLADSTONE was born at Liverpool in the year 1809; educated at Eton and Oxford; first entered Parliament as Member for Newark in 1832; took office in the Treasury under Sir R. Peel; was returned for Oxford University in 1847; became Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Aberdeen in 1859; introduced his celebrated Free Trade Budget in 1860; and has been mainly instrumental in passing and originating several measures of financial and social reform, such as the Irish Church Act, the abolition of Taxes on Literature, the establishment of Post Office Savings Banks, the Irish Land Act, removal of Jewish Disabilities, &c., his last great measure being the Reform Bill of 1884, which increases the electorate by 2,000,000. The Right Hon. Gentleman is also distinguished in literature. He has twice been called to head the nation as Prime Minister, first in 1868 and again in 1880.

Right Hon. W.E. GLADSTONE, M.P.

TRIED, TRUSTED, TRUE

(small version, facing half right)