Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile mb-copyright Tim Dry 'Any Card Matches or Savealls'

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In the foreground a barrow of fruit has been knocked over

October 20

The woman on the right is wearing a dress with a fur trimmed skirt and a matching fitted coat that has a fur trimmed edge and cuffs

The Archbishop of Canterbury says My Friends

Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile mb-copyright Tim Dry 'Any Card Matches or Savealls''Britannia Discovering The Source of The Nile', 1863. Britannia says: Ah, Mr. Nilus! So I've Found You At Last! In July 1862, two British explorers, Speke and Grant, had arrived at the source of the River Nile. This discovery was formally announced at the Meeting of the Royal Geographic Society in May 1863 by the President of the Society, Sir Roderick Murchison. Here, we see Britannia, arriving at the home of Mr Nilus, pushing her way through dense