The School of Musketry Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Formerly the property of King

Formerly the property of King Edward VIII

Both women are wearing full hooped skirt dresses with tight fitting bodices

Winchester Almshouses

their free and easy ways (note the large lady sitting on her beau's knee) in stark contrast to the modest manners of the young lady reading quietly at the left of the cartoon

The School of Musketry Size:Standard: 6 x 4in Formerly the property of King'The School of Musketry', 1881. A representative of the Boers asks the British Commander in Chief if he wishes to engage him to teach the British troops how to fire a musket. This relates to an attempt made in February 1881 by the British to take possession of Majuba Hill. However, a counter attack by the Boers left the British suffering heavy loss. Public attention was subsequently called to the inferiority of the shooting of British troops,