The Abyssinian Question mb-artistname James Lonsdale 1st August 1962

1st August 1962

but in July Mr Disraeli moved a vote of censure on the Government that they had failed to maintain their publicly stated policy of upholding the independence of Denmark

Bust of General Charles Gordon

llustration of a scene at the Fleet Prison

The Abyssinian Question mb-artistname James Lonsdale 1st August 1962'The Abyssinian Question', 1867. Britannia is depicted holding a trident to King Theodore's midriff in the most threatening manner. The King is holding a bunch of keys towards Britannia and, in the background, the bars of a prison cell can be seen with the white hands of British prisoners clutching the bars. King Theodore of Abyssinia had recently taken into custody a number of British citizens, including a British envoy and a British consul. In late