Just A'goin' to Begin! singing reviewing volunteers on the Artillery

reviewing volunteers on the Artillery Ground

A group of figures stands in the courtyard in front of the hospital

sits on a zebra which stands in a round band-box

The Royal Hospital with formal gardens and walkways leading down to the River Thames where boats pass up and down

Just A'goin' to Begin! singing reviewing volunteers on the Artillery'Just A'goin' to Begin!', 1887. WH Smith as a fairground showman, invites the public to his show; the principal parliamentary figures are there, with Charles Parnell dressed as a bandit and Benjamin Disraeli taking the money; behind the platform panels show The Insatiable Irish Growley Wowly, Randolph the Man Sphinx and the Bulgarian Boojum.