A Perilous Passage Finish:10-pack Shops on Cheapside

Shops on Cheapside

Three customers are entering his draper's shop on the left

London from the Bear & Ragged Staff Inn

Exterior view with horse-drawn traffic and figures in the street

A Perilous Passage Finish:10-pack Shops on Cheapside'A Perilous Passage', 1869. Napoleon III of France was struggling against a wave of unpopularity at the time. He had introduced a number of measures to try and calm the situation. He was, by now, a very ill man and so his primary concern was to preserve his office for his young son. Here, Napoleon cycles on a tightrope across the Niagara Falls. This refers to JF Professor Jenkins crossing of the Niagara Gorge on 5th August 1869 on a tightrope located