The Cat out of The Bag Size:M: 50 x 40cm Gray's Inn

Gray's Inn

London Circa 1971

showing the Colosseum

showing the River Thames from Chelsea Reach to Blackwall Reach

Ian Bogie and Mick Martin

The Cat out of The Bag Size:M: 50 x 40cm Gray's InnThe Cat out of The Bag, 1867. The Home Secretary Mr Gathorne Hardy, invites Mr Punch's opinion on how to deal with society's vicious elements, represented by the brutal labourer in the custody of the police. Mr Punch is ready with the remedy, and, from a bag, produces a cat o' nine tails. Mr Spencer Walpole, the Conservative Home Secretary, had resigned, and had been replaced by Mr Gathorne Hardy. One of the criticisms levelled at Walpole was that he