532254 \'The Three R\'s, or, Better Late than Never\', cartoon from Punch, showing William Edward Forster as Chairman of a Board School speaking to pupils, March 1870 (engraving) by Tenniel, John (1820-1914); (add.info.: William Edward Forster (1818-1886), British Liberal statesman. In 1870, in Gladstone administration, carried Elementary Education Act through Parliament. Much groundwork for the Act done by his brother-in-law Matthew Arnold, poet and literary critic. John Tenniel cartoon from Punch London March 1870 showing Forster as Chairman of a Board School speaking to pupils. ); Universal History Archive/UIG; English, out of copyright.