Another Empty Weapon Size:Large: 7 x 5in Respectability oozes from this family

Respectability oozes from this family

A satire on the parsimony of Lord Mayor Plumbe during his mayoralty

opened in 1769

View the Tower of London from the River Thames with boats on the river

'The Lighthouse at Cape Chersonese

Another Empty Weapon Size:Large: 7 x 5in Respectability oozes from this family'Another Empty Weapon', 1872. The notorious Republican, Sir Charles Dilke, is apprehended by a tall and manly Policeman Gladstone. Recently, Sir Charles had moved that an enquiry should be held into the present state of the Civil List. The motion was rejected by 276 votes to 2. The reference to the empty weapon relates to the royal carriage in the background. At the end of February 1872, a thanksgiving service had been held at St Paul's to celebrate