Declined with Thanks; or The Rival Touts Finish:Rolled Allen & Co

Allen & Co

with people gathered around a barred window

1984 Winter Olympics

Christ Church on Blackfriars Road

16th September 1967

Declined with Thanks; or The Rival Touts Finish:Rolled Allen & Co'Declined With Thanks; Or The Rival Touts', 1867. This cartoon depicts Lord Russell walking past Potter and Beales's Diningrooms, and rejecting the invitations of both men to step inside. Mr Beales and Mr Potter were leaders of the Reform Party amongst working men. The London Working Men's Association, who were organising a Reform banquet at Crystal Palace, had invited Lord Russell and Mr Gladstone to attend. Lord Russell had declined the invitation,