Friends or Foes? old man Wine Merchant and Howell and

Wine Merchant and Howell and James on Regent Street (now Lower Regent Street)

Including a description and a coat of arms in the lower margin

or Abraham in the Land of Promise

One of eight mirror paintings depicting marital scenes

with a man being presented to a woman in the foreground

Friends or Foes? old man Wine Merchant and Howell and'Friends or Foes?', 1876. The British Lion, travelling, meets the Russian Bear, who is armed, at the crossroads. This relates to the recent conflict between Turkey and Bulgaria. Britain had maintained a neutral stance, which led some to fear that Russia would use this to gain a foothold in the East. However, the Emperor of Russia had recently given guarantees that he had no intention of acquiring Constantinople, and that if Russia should occupy any