Benjamin Bombastes basil cameron Pedestrians in straw hats cross

Pedestrians in straw hats cross the relatively traffic-free street

steam boats and rowing boats

including omnibuses

showing a doorway with stone relief sculptures of mermaids and fish

Benjamin Bombastes basil cameron Pedestrians in straw hats cross'Benjamin Bombastes', 1877. Benjamin Disraeli, now Earl of Beaconsfield, the Conservative Prime Minister, is depicted standing next to a signpost marked Egypt and Constantinople. His boots, handing from a peg, bear the words 'British Interests'. Egypt was where the British had a key interest in the Suez Canal and Constantinople represents the main focus of the war between Russia and Turkey. Britain had asked for assurances that the Suez would not be