The Ugly Duckling Size:L: 75 x 60cm from Ironmonger Lane

from Ironmonger Lane

View of the Tower of London with boats on the River Thames

Interior of the Church of St George

Horse Guards Parade from St James's Park

The cross was on the site of one of the Eleanor Crosses originally erected in the late 13th century

The Ugly Duckling Size:L: 75 x 60cm from Ironmonger LaneThe Ugly Duckling, 1873. Britannia and Neptune watch one of the new iron clad ships 'Devastation' leave port. Such ships were armed with giant guns. The First Lord of the Admiralty, George Goschen, had overspent on the 12 ships by some 235,000 over his initial budget of 2 million. Mr Punch was not concerned for, as he said, the ships were so strong that the rest of the world, together, could not produce a force to fight Britain. From Punch, or the