488421 Her Majesty\'s Ministry, front and back of a promotional card for Huntley & Palmers Biscuits, produced for the French market c.1890 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration depicts an imaginary Victorian British Cabinet about to have a biscuit break; the profile of the politician standing on the right resembles the Prime Minister, Gladstone; Huntley and Palmers was a British firm of biscuit manufacturers, founded in 1822; they became biscuit suppliers to Queen Victoria and by 1865 expanded into Europe, receiving additional royal warrants from Napoleon III and King Leopold II of Belgium; by 1900 they were the world\'s largest biscuit producer and had become one of the earliest global brands; their easily recognisable tins and logo were a very successful marketing tool and became a symbol of the worldwide commercial power of the British Empire; appropriately for one of Queen Victoria\'s Governments, the biscuits to be consumed are of the variety known as \'Queens\';); English, out of copyright.