Paris Thomas Wolsey Behind the two politicians are

Behind the two politicians are the Indian Tiger and the British Lion

a man who has just been conscripted into the army sits unhappily in a chair next to a soldier with a glass and a pipe in each hand

Attributed Fritz Thaulow

View showing building work in the foreground

Paris Thomas Wolsey Behind the two politicians are'Paris, 1870'. France, armed and in full armour, mans her country's defences. At France's feet can be seen a number of contemporary newspapers, and a fool's cap. This relates to the Franco Prussian war of 1870. The French had suffered a number of heavy defeats at the hands of the Prussians. However, French newspapers had carried a number of stories applauding French victories and so the news of the Prussian advances was cause for much excitement and