Paris Thomas Wolsey View of London and the

View of London and the River Thames from under Westmister Bridge

Chauffeurs are standing by the cars

Peter Thomson

a man who has just been conscripted into the army sits unhappily in a chair next to a soldier with a glass and a pipe in each hand

Paris Thomas Wolsey View of London and the'Paris, 1870'. France, armed and in full armour, mans her country's defences. At France's feet can be seen a number of contemporary newspapers, and a fool's cap. This relates to the Franco Prussian war of 1870. The French had suffered a number of heavy defeats at the hands of the Prussians. However, French newspapers had carried a number of stories applauding French victories and so the news of the Prussian advances was cause for much excitement and