The New Alliance Finish:Float frame Middle Temple Lane

Middle Temple Lane

'The Queen's visit to the City'

Figures and carriages in the foreground

View of the South Bank between Blackfriars and Waterloo showing the Oxo Tower

The New Alliance Finish:Float frame Middle Temple Lane'The New Alliance', 1859. John Bull, in the shape of the British lion, dressed in hunting gear, in the company of the French Emperor, Louis Napoleon who is dressed in full military gear. Both are clutching rifles and look towards the eastern horizon over which can be seen the Chinese dragon looking suitably warlike. In 1858, China had been brought to sign the Treaty of Tientsin which allowed France and Britain a number of commercial concessions. It