Charles George Gordon, British soldier and administrator Size:Large: 7 x 5in Possibly a satirical criticism of

Possibly a satirical criticism of King George II's prolonged absence in his home country

enters a thieves' kitchen where a watchman drinks gin with companions

indicating the punishment that will follow if she does not work hard

showing women and children

Charles George Gordon, British soldier and administrator Size:Large: 7 x 5in Possibly a satirical criticism ofCharles George Gordon, British soldier and administrator, (1893). Known as 'Chinese Gordon' because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion, General Gordon (1833 1885) was killed at Khartoum on 26 January 1885 when the forces of the Mahdi overwhelmed the city. An engraving from James Taylor's The Age We Live In: A History of the Nineteenth Century, From the Peace of 1815 to the Present Time, William Mackenzie,