The Abyssinian Question mb-code 2490434 the title in an ornamental

the title in an ornamental cartouche with Victory

View from Fleet Street across Ludgate Circus

8th September 1973

the scene is old Fishmongers Hall

The Abyssinian Question mb-code 2490434 the title in an ornamental'The Abyssinian Question', 1867. Britannia is depicted holding a trident to King Theodore's midriff in the most threatening manner. The King is holding a bunch of keys towards Britannia and, in the background, the bars of a prison cell can be seen with the white hands of British prisoners clutching the bars. King Theodore of Abyssinia had recently taken into custody a number of British citizens, including a British envoy and a British consul. In late