Blind Hookey mb-artist Claes_Jansz_Visscher Interior view of the Long

Interior view of the Long Room in the Custom House

Bethnal Green

Far from the crowded beaches

Sir John Silvester

the two men present each other with flowery compliments

Blind Hookey mb-artist Claes_Jansz_Visscher Interior view of the LongBlind Hookey, 1878. Russia, Tukey and Germany are amongst those seated at the card table. John Bull, the representative of the British people, refuses to join the game. This relates to the recent Treaty of San Stefano which laid down the terms for peace between Russia and Turkey. Lord Salisbury had despatched a circular to the Powers objecting to a number of the terms of the Treaty. There was a growing distance between Russia and Britain at this time