Benjamin Bombastes P.R.S.A. The Reverend Whitaker's meeting house

The Reverend Whitaker's meeting house

Two children buying from a bow pot seller who carries pot plants in a basket on her head

In the foreground figures stand on the riverbank and on decorated barges looking towards London Bridge lined with flags

There are also vessels on the River Thames with a view of the City of London behind them

View of Leather Lane

Benjamin Bombastes P.R.S.A. The Reverend Whitaker's meeting house'Benjamin Bombastes', 1877. Benjamin Disraeli, now Earl of Beaconsfield, the Conservative Prime Minister, is depicted standing next to a signpost marked Egypt and Constantinople. His boots, handing from a peg, bear the words 'British Interests'. Egypt was where the British had a key interest in the Suez Canal and Constantinople represents the main focus of the war between Russia and Turkey. Britain had asked for assurances that the Suez would not be