Blondin Outdone mb-artistname Corbould as Catherine of Aragon

as Catherine of Aragon

or the seven wise men consulting the new Venetian oracle

The Government had actually arranged for the Viceroy to stay

Third Row: T Eggleston

Blondin Outdone mb-artistname Corbould as Catherine of Aragon'Blondin Outdone', 1859. Palmerston, dressed in contemporary circus costume, wheeling a nervous looking Lord John Russell across a tightrope with Niagara Falls in the background. The waters depict India, China, Italy, America and Reform, all of which were knotty problems facing the Government. In contrast to Russell, who is clinging on for dear life, Palmerston displays nothing but a calm confidence in the task. On 17th August 1859, the French