Lion hunters of the European Bronze Age Bouboulina Water well

Water well

At this time there was an ongoing struggle between France and Austria over Italian independence as the Italian states tried to rid themselves of despotic rulers

The reference to Radicals relates to the group of MPs within the Liberal Party who had often caused the former administration embarrassment by their opposition to the government agenda

Hair-dressing from the time of Edward I

Mount Erebus in the background

Lion hunters of the European Bronze Age Bouboulina Water wellLion hunters of the European Bronze Age, (c1920). Based on a representation of a lion hunt inlaid upon the blade of a dagger found at Mycenae. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s).