Sir Angus Newton Scott mb-artistname Windsor Tapestry The first detachment of Volunteers

The first detachment of Volunteers had embarked in January 1900 to take part in the second Boer War

Aerial view of London with decorative border

and to the right a husband is beating his wife with a stick he has presumably just purchased from the stick seller

a woman carrying a basket containing food holds out a handbill

A cloudy sky hangs over the scene

Sir Angus Newton Scott mb-artistname Windsor Tapestry The first detachment of Volunteers'Sir Angus Newton Scott Scott', 1932. Half length portrait of a confident looking man in spectacles, holding a book. Round his neck he wears the coat of arms of the City of London, suggesting that he is an official such as Alderman or Sheriff.