US$ 14.79
30th August 1975
wearing a tweed suit and red tie
in a temporary reception hall in Guildhall Yard
Prince's Square
Outside the church are figures
The Next Invasion Size:M: 50 x 40cm 30th August 1975'The Next Invasion', 1860. 'Landing of ther French (Light Wines) and Discomfiture of Old General Beer'. Earlier in February, England and France had committed themselves to the Treaty of Commerce. Under the terms of the Treaty, Britain could import French wines more cheaply, and this cartoon depicts Old General Beer, a rotund and florid man riding a cask of home brewed. He is looking in dismay at the advancing ranks of militant French wine bottles. Old