Interior of the House of Commons, Westminster, London mb-copyright Paris Study of a lemon tree

Study of a lemon tree

The floor is strewn with rubble and the sky is visible through a large hole in the ceiling

The campaign was a failure

Scene of Edward Oxford's attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the evening of Wednesday 10th June

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Interior of the House of Commons, Westminster, London mb-copyright Paris Study of a lemon treeInterior of the House of Commons, Westminster, London, 1742, (c1902 1905). Speaker Onslow in the chair, Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain, addressing the House. Illustration from Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905).