Paris Clapham Manor House This cartoon shows Charles Thomson

This cartoon shows Charles Thomson Ritchie

and sometimes deadly

Kitty Brunell working on her MG F Magna

who completed the course in 26

the climbing boy holds his nose and does not relish the prospect of entering the filthy water of the Capital's river

Paris Clapham Manor House This cartoon shows Charles Thomson'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