Suppressed plates, wood engravings, &c., together with other curiosities germane thereto; being an account of certain matters peculiarly alluring to the collector by Layard George Somes 1857-

Author:Layard, George Somes, 1857-
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Engraving, Engraving -- Collectors and collecting
Publisher: London A. and C. Black
Published: 1907-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

flung at that devoted head. No! I am inclined to think that events at this time, to which this cartoon referred, were wringing unwilling approbation even from "The Asiatic Mystery's" most bitter enemies, and that Bouverie Street could not but acknowledge that here at least "Ben-Dizzy " deserved well of his country. For surely the cartoon has reference to nothing less than that crowning act of wisdom, the purchase of nearly half the shares in the Suez Canal for four millions sterling. Here we have Disraeli with his umbrella pointing the way, not across the Red Sea as Mr. Spielmann imagines, but up the Canal towards the Red Sea. He calls out, "Don't be afraid 1 it's getting shallower," thus possibly referring to the original notion (afterwards disproved) that the level of the Mediterranean was 30 feet below that of the Red Sea. On the right-hand, and Egyptian, side of the water, if we look carefully, we discover the shadowy outline of the Sphinx and the Pyramids, which latter rise dimly to the margin of the drawing. On the bank indistinct forms of the Liberal " Opposition " wave their arms, hurl stones and shout "Yah" at the

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