Lion hunters of the European Bronze Age Bouboulina The reference to Radicals relates

The reference to Radicals relates to the group of MPs within the Liberal Party who had often caused the former administration embarrassment by their opposition to the government agenda

Mount Erebus in the background

At this time there was an ongoing struggle between France and Austria over Italian independence as the Italian states tried to rid themselves of despotic rulers

Plate 11 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales

Lion hunters of the European Bronze Age Bouboulina The reference to Radicals relatesLion hunters of the European Bronze Age, (c1920). Based on a representation of a lion hunt inlaid upon the blade of a dagger found at Mycenae. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume I, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s).