Characters in High Life... Finish:10-pack Winston Churchill (1874-1965) with fellow

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) with fellow politician Lord Hugh Cecil (1869-1956)

following the destruction of the previous building by fire in 1838

A background of architectural pillar and arches appears at the subject's right (left as viewed)

That passage is taken to be an affirmation of the complementary nature of action and consciousness (or contemplation) -- "He whose own heart is pure makes no judgment: there is no good or bad in what is done without desire

Characters in High Life... Finish:10-pack Winston Churchill (1874-1965) with fellow'Characters in High Life sketched at The New Rooms Opera House Delightful Task! to teach the young idea how to shoot', 1795. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).