Blind Hookey mb-artist Claes_Jansz_Visscher Interior view of Middle Temple

Interior view of Middle Temple Hall from the high table with figures

Meux's Brewery

Far from the crowded beaches

Bethnal Green

the two men present each other with flowery compliments

Blind Hookey mb-artist Claes_Jansz_Visscher Interior view of Middle TempleBlind Hookey, 1878. Russia, Tukey and Germany are amongst those seated at the card table. John Bull, the representative of the British people, refuses to join the game. This relates to the recent Treaty of San Stefano which laid down the terms for peace between Russia and Turkey. Lord Salisbury had despatched a circular to the Powers objecting to a number of the terms of the Treaty. There was a growing distance between Russia and Britain at this time