On the Dizzy Brink Catesby ran between Cheapside and Gresham

ran between Cheapside and Gresham Street

Pat Daniels

A coach laden with passengers passing the front of a house before which two men are sitting at a table smoking pipes and drinking

hold an alms dish between them

On the Dizzy Brink Catesby ran between Cheapside and Gresham'On the Dizzy Brink', 1878. The Conservative Prime Minister, Disraeli, is now the Earl of Beaconsfield. Here, he is standing close to the edge of a precipice with War awaiting those foolish enough to fall. Britannia is not keen to go any nearer. This relates to the war between Russia and Turkey. Disraeli had maintained a neutral stance during the earlier conflict between Turkey and the Balkan States, but now he is being shown as one of those accused