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Alessandro Cagno driving his Itala
'English barber
This cartoon alludes to the high level of British visitors to the International Exhibition in Paris
Views of the Thames Tunnel: top
This was the day of Jack the Ripper
Fiat Experimentum-! Size:XL: 100 x 75cm Alessandro Cagno driving his ItalaFiat Experimentum !, 1877. Britannia shows off a new weapon to the Lord of the Admiralty. This cartoon relates to the reported battle at the end of May 1877, (which is in the background of the cartoon), between a Turkish warship and four small Russian gunboats. It was during this battle that the power of the new torpedo was demonstrated. The Turkish vessel was in little trouble, until the Russians put a launch to the side of her, and sent off a