Blind Hookey mb-artist Claes_Jansz_Visscher View of the bridge and

View of the bridge and pagoda from the canal

Interior view of the Long Room in the Custom House

Interior view of a gymnasium

13th June 1962

Bethnal Green

Blind Hookey mb-artist Claes_Jansz_Visscher View of the bridge andBlind Hookey, 1878. Russia, Tukey and Germany are amongst those seated at the card table. John Bull, the representative of the British people, refuses to join the game. This relates to the recent Treaty of San Stefano which laid down the terms for peace between Russia and Turkey. Lord Salisbury had despatched a circular to the Powers objecting to a number of the terms of the Treaty. There was a growing distance between Russia and Britain at this time