The Carcase and the Eagles Size:M: 60 x 40cm View from Greenwich Park

View from Greenwich Park

Two 4CVs at a petrol station

9th May 1965

View of new London Bridge on left and old London Bridge on right

The Carcase and the Eagles Size:M: 60 x 40cm View from Greenwich Park'The Carcase and the Eagles', 1871. The dead body of France lies outstretched, one hand holding down the wounded Eagle of Communism. All around, the other eagles circle in search of filling the power vacuum. They represent the Royal House of Bourbon, Imperialism, Republicanism and Monarchy. France had in the past been ruled by all of these eagles, but following her unsuccessful war against Prussia, and the subsequent short anarchy of Communism, she