Golden dome and minarets of the Samarra mosque, Mesopotamia Finish:Single View of the Red House

View of the Red House Inn on the banks of the River Thames

Illustration from Teutonic Myths and Legends by Donald A Mackenzie

From the Maull & Polyblank series Literary and Scientific Portrait Club

It was used to commemorate the ceremonial reception when the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) arrived in London with his bride

One of the reliefs on the campanile of the Cathedral of Florence

Golden dome and minarets of the Samarra mosque, Mesopotamia Finish:Single View of the Red HouseGolden dome and minarets of the Samarra mosque, Mesopotamia, 1918. Mesopotamia, formerly part of the Turkish Ottoman empire, was under British military control from October 1918. The new nation of Iraq came into being in 1921.