Keeping the Ring Finish:20-pack Ranelagh Gardens

Ranelagh Gardens

arms crossed

'The idle 'prentice returned from sea

figures in street and horses

surmounted by a view of Staple Inn with figures and carriages on Holborn

Keeping the Ring Finish:20-pack Ranelagh Gardens'Keeping the Ring', 1876. Turkey, brandishing a sword, is beset on all sides by the dogs of war, Servia, Montenegro, Herzegovina and Bosnia. In the background are all the European powers, amongst them Russia and Germany. At the far right, John Bull and Mr Punch represent the British. This relates to the Eastern Conflicts presently involving Turkey and the Balkan States. Recently, Prince Milan of Servia had joined his army to fight for Servian