Empress and Earl Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 'Gossip in the hold'

'Gossip in the hold'

25th March 1922

Original is oil on canvas laid on panel 56x23

with horse drawn vehicles and the clock of St Magnus the Martyr in the foreground

View of an ornate fireplace at east end of the banqueting hall in Ironmongers' Hall

Empress and Earl Size:XS: 20 x 15cm 'Gossip in the hold''Empress and Earl', 1876. The Conservative Prime Minister, Disraeli, accepts the title of Earl of Beaconsfield from Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. At the beginning of 1876, he had been instrumental in pushing the Royal Titles Bill through parliament, a Bill that gave Victoria the new title of Empress of India. So, one good turn deserved another. Disraeli had previously been offered a title, which he had refused. He had more recently been offered a