On the Dizzy Brink Catesby Science stands in a field

Science stands in a field holding a telegraph pole

Pat Daniels

Sarah Young

ran between Cheapside and Gresham Street

On the Dizzy Brink Catesby Science stands in a field'On the Dizzy Brink', 1878. The Conservative Prime Minister, Disraeli, is now the Earl of Beaconsfield. Here, he is standing close to the edge of a precipice with War awaiting those foolish enough to fall. Britannia is not keen to go any nearer. This relates to the war between Russia and Turkey. Disraeli had maintained a neutral stance during the earlier conflict between Turkey and the Balkan States, but now he is being shown as one of those accused