France orme Scene of Edward Oxford's attempt

Scene of Edward Oxford's attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the evening of Wednesday 10th June

'Buy my Dish of great Eels'

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'Gin Lane'

France orme Scene of Edward Oxford's attempt'France', 1755, showing a scene on the coast of France with troops boarding a ship to invade England. In the foreground a monk tests his axe and supervises a sledge containing various instruments of torture. To the right a group of ragged French soldiers roast frogs on a spit. A sign on a building advertises 'meagre soup' and some of the soldiers are clamouring around a flag which bears the message; Vengeance and the good beer and good beef of England.