The Open Door! mb-width 1800 Elevation of Buckingham House

Elevation of Buckingham House

doing 80 miles to the gallon

The house was leased by Robert Catesby and used as a base and store by those involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605

figures stand and sit on the quayside

Designed by John Vanbrugh

The Open Door! mb-width 1800 Elevation of Buckingham House'The Open Door!', 1885. Captain Moonlight, the representative of Irish anarchy, has his knife in his belt and his rifle in his hand as he steps through the open door. It had previously been barred by the Crimes Act (Ireland). This illustrates the expiry of the Act. The Conservative Home Secretary, Sir Michael Hicks Beach, alleged that the previous Liberal government had intended to remove a number of legislative procedures only applicable to Ireland.