Measurable Distance nurse Mike and Bernie Winters

Mike and Bernie Winters

Sir Henry Edmund Knight

Illustration for the manuscript De Secundo Bello Punico Poema by Silius Italicus

'It is not that a small bird sings With aught of warning voice And bids distrust Anointed kings

stands on a pedestal before which are four persons

Measurable Distance nurse Mike and Bernie WintersMeasurable Distance, 1881. Mr John Bull, the representative of the British people is the owner of the ship which the pilot, Prime Minister Gladstone, is attempting to steer into safe harbour. In the background can be seen the various hazards that have been encountered along the way, and the contentious Land Bill is looming. This bill proposed to implement fair rents which would be assessed by a semi judicial procedure. This would, however, represent a