Portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) Size:L: 80 x 60cm 'Our Natural Advantages'

'Our Natural Advantages'

This cartoon shows the Liberal Prime Minister

and 12 years old Muriel Blackburn daughter of Mr

The image includes an effigy and symbols of death including a skull and a scythe

President Davis of the Confederation issued a conscription notice to call all men between the ages of 18 and 45 to arms

Portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) Size:L: 80 x 60cm 'Our Natural Advantages'Half length portrait of Joseph Priestley seated in a green chair with a scrolled wooden handle before a writing table, upon which rests a hexagonal ink well with a quill, a leather bound book and loose manuscript papers. Priestley writes on one of these using a quill in his right hand. Behind, half hidden by a red curtain, is a book case containing bound volumes. In front of these is a set of apothecary's scales, what appears to be a powdered chemical