John Bull guards his Pudding Size:S: 36 x 28cm friendly match at the Victoria

friendly match at the Victoria ground to celebrate Stoke City centenary

In the foreground a figure is driving a flock of sheep

was murdered by Communists at Ekaterinburg in 1918

Fire at the Alhambra Theatre

showing a seated woman wearing fine fabric pausing from playing the violin to turn over pages from her music book

John Bull guards his Pudding Size:S: 36 x 28cm friendly match at the Victoria'John Bull guards his Pudding', 1859. John Bull stands guard over a gigantic pudding studded with the sign saying 'Old England Forever'. This representative of the British people is prepared to defend his country whatever the cost, just as the trusty British bulldog at his heels would fight to the death to protect his master. From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 31, 1859.