Counting Her Chicks Size:L: 80 x 60cm The Queen of Tonga waves

The Queen of Tonga waves to the crowds in Northumberland Avenue

winner of the Grand Turismo Class of the Mille Miglia

Church of St George Botolph Lane from George Lane

The caption gives in reply a snippet of one of Disraeli's recent speeches given at Crystal Palace

December 22

Counting Her Chicks Size:L: 80 x 60cm The Queen of Tonga wavesCounting Her Chicks, 1876. Britannia tries to console G Ward Hunt, the First Lord of the Admiralty, as he worries about his fleet at Besika Bay. This cartoon relates to the ongoing Eastern troubles involving Turkey and the Balkan States. In view of the threat to British interests, the British fleet had been sent to Besika Bay. This was despite the fact that Britain maintained a neutral stance during this period, and allowed Turkey to manage her