Algernon Sydney, English politician Size:XL: 100 x 80cm Scene showing Russian firemen jumping

Scene showing Russian firemen jumping from high ladders to be caught in a canvas break

' Inscribed in pencil lower left '1732 Bernard le Bouvier de Fontenelle 1657 to 1757'

The defeat of Disraeli's Reform Bill in March 1862 brought down Lord Derby's Conservative Government

The plate is inscribed: 'South ELEVATION & SECTION of RUDYERD'S LIGHTHOUSE

Algernon Sydney, English politician Size:XL: 100 x 80cm Scene showing Russian firemen jumpingAlgernon Sydney, English politician, 17th century, (1899). Portrait of Sydney (1623 1683), an opponent of King Charles II of England. Illustration from Samuel Rawson Gardiner's Oliver Cromwell, (Goupil & Co, London, Paris, New York, 1899).