Keeping the Ring mb-artist William_Birch Partial view of St Katherine

Partial view of St Katherine Cree and the Aldgate watch house

Newington Butts and Newington Turnpike

one picks flowers

George Selfer

Saint Christopher

Keeping the Ring mb-artist William_Birch Partial view of St Katherine'Keeping the Ring', 1876. Turkey, brandishing a sword, is beset on all sides by the dogs of war, Servia, Montenegro, Herzegovina and Bosnia. In the background are all the European powers, amongst them Russia and Germany. At the far right, John Bull and Mr Punch represent the British. This relates to the Eastern Conflicts presently involving Turkey and the Balkan States. Recently, Prince Milan of Servia had joined his army to fight for Servian