Free Italy (?) made considerable improvemenets to the house Finsbury Circus

Finsbury Circus

A street scene

Shows clock on the outer wall of the inn

Jackie Duvel

Lord Brougham and Vaux

Free Italy (?) made considerable improvemenets to the house Finsbury Circus'Free Italy (?)', 1859. This cartoon shows Italty shackled to a block labelled Venetia. A stern looking Francis Joseph rests one foot on the block in a very dominant stance. He also holds the keys to the chains binding Italy. Additionally, these keys could be seen as representative of the cross key symbol of the papacy, and this would accord with the papal crown with which Napoleon on the right is blinding Italy. In mid July 1859, despite his promise