William Edward Forster MP Khufu Jim Standen

Jim Standen

Costume design for the ballet The Magic Toy Shop by G

pulls up at a crossroads

'A Block on the Line'

in the mists and gloom at the figure's feet

William Edward Forster MP Khufu Jim StandenWilliam Edward Forster MP, 1878. Forster was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament. He helped his father distribute relief to the famine stricken population in Ireland in 1846, and Ireland was always one of his main concerns. He was also Under Secretary of State for the Colonies and Rector of Aberdeen University. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art,