Clearing the Course!', July 7 Size:S: 30 x 25cm Above are the royal arms

Above are the royal arms enclosed in a garter and surmounted by a crown

The Prince Regent (later King George IV) is portrayed as the mortar known as the 'Regent's Bomb'

St Mary-le-Bow

The banks of the Viosne at Osny in grey weather

View showing the Adelphi Hotel and hatmaker's shop window

Clearing the Course!', July 7 Size:S: 30 x 25cm Above are the royal arms'Clearing the Course!', July 7, 1888. William Henry Smith, First Lord of the Treasury, and his Conservative colleague, Charles Ritchie, attempt to steer the Ship of Government across crowded waters. The little boats represent all the pending government business of the time, but, one by one, they are being sunk under the weight of the government vessel. From Punch, or the London Charivari, July 7, 1888.