Queen Hermione scrubbing Sweden 11th June 1956

Sweden 11th June 1956

'Murder Made Easy'

enjoying a dance with ( left to right) Noel Coward

with other buildings beyond

two schoolboys take great pleasure in reading about a schoolmaster

Queen Hermione scrubbing Sweden 11th June 1956'Queen Hermione', 1865. Britannia as Paulina unveils the statue and remarks Tis Time! Descend; Be Stone No More! On behalf of the nation Britannia draws back the curtain and reveals Queen Victoria as a statue, frozen in time, and commands her to 'be stone no more'. This is a line from Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale, Act V, Scene 3. For some four years, Queen Victoria had maintained a life of absolute retirement from public life following the untimely