Over The Way Size:M: 60 x 45cm Sir Michael Hicks Beach

Sir Michael Hicks Beach

Figures inspecting debtors' boils and carbuncles at Fleet Prison

A woman picks up her petticoats to step over a bush shaped like a forest tree to get to her garden latrine

is shown standing beside a table loaded with all the matters he must deal with during his term in office

Over The Way Size:M: 60 x 45cm Sir Michael Hicks Beach'Over The Way', 1866. The representative of the Protestant Church tells the Catholic priests, all wearing very superior and sanctimonious expressions, that he doesn't want any of their rituals in his church. The priests are shown with incense and the tools of their rituals, such as their chasubles. They are told to take them to the Pope, as usual described as the old lady. The cross keys symbol in the background denotes the Papacy but, in this