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Billy Jennings

View of the church and the churchyard

Mods in Hastings

Fortress in Green Park

A Mutual Understanding Size:S: 36 x 28cm Billy Jennings'A Mutual Understanding', 1883. The British Lion, clutching a bag of money, is seen negotiating with the foxy M de Lesseps. This relates to an ongoing discussion concerning the Suez Canal. It had been proposed that a second canal be constructed. France opposed this suggestion. However, it was eventually agreed that a second canal would be constructed on receipt of a loan of 8,000,000 from Britain. However, there was a continuing concern that the

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