Friends or Foes? old man Scene in a ballroom

Scene in a ballroom

View showing the River Thames and boats in the foreground

Including a description and a coat of arms in the lower margin

Wine Merchant and Howell and James on Regent Street (now Lower Regent Street)

Friends or Foes? old man Scene in a ballroom'Friends or Foes?', 1876. The British Lion, travelling, meets the Russian Bear, who is armed, at the crossroads. This relates to the recent conflict between Turkey and Bulgaria. Britain had maintained a neutral stance, which led some to fear that Russia would use this to gain a foothold in the East. However, the Emperor of Russia had recently given guarantees that he had no intention of acquiring Constantinople, and that if Russia should occupy any