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

The Reverend Whitaker's meeting house

View of Leather Lane

just visible on left

Panoramic view of the City of London showing the area between St Antholin (no longer in existance) and St Dunstan in the East with Southwark

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

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