The Old Hall, Staple Inn, Holborn, London Size:L: 100 x 50cm ) and great wild oat

) and great wild oat grass or drank (Festuca avenacea sterilis elatior)

This actually relates to two different stories

The Kaiser's declaration of war against Great Britain being read by the military authorities

The victim is tied to a contrivance which winds a rope more and more tightly until his ribs are crushed

Steamers and warships can be seen in the background

The Old Hall, Staple Inn, Holborn, London Size:L: 100 x 50cm ) and great wild oatThe Old Hall, Staple Inn, Holborn, London, c1920s. Staple Inn on High Holborn, one of central London's few surviving Tudor buildings, dates from 1585. Cigarette card produced by the Westminster Tobacco Co Ltd, The second series of British royal and ancient buildings.