The Latest in Russia Bonds Thomas More the House of Commons

the House of Commons

A close-up view of the lower part of the Achilles statue in Hyde Park

Full length portrait

The top image depicts Aldermen as the witches of Macbeth preparing a cauldron of turtle soup for the Lord Mayor's banquet

View of Lawrence Street

The Latest in Russia Bonds Thomas More the House of Commons'The Latest in Russia Bonds', 1874. Mr Punch, trailing a garland of roses, stands atop a pedestal labelled Hymen. In the foreground, Cupid wears the skin of the Russian Bear as Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia married Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. The marriage took place at the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg in a ceremony jointly conducted by Greek ecclesiastics and Dean Stanley of the Anglican Church. From Punch, or the London Charivari,