Neptune's Warning collar designed by Robert Mylne

designed by Robert Mylne

carrying two pails of water

In the foreground two figures are resting having carried out work on the site

It was believed that many women turned to drink simply because they had to enter public houses to retrieve their husbands

Neptune's Warning collar designed by Robert Mylne'Neptune's Warning', 1875. Neptune sits on a small raft, with Britannia held safely on his knee. Recently, two of the new iron clad men of war ships, the Vanguard and Iron Duke had collided off the coast of Ireland. Although there had been no loss of life, the Vanguard had been lost, at the cost of half a million pounds. At the end of November 1875, another incident involved Iron Duke. She was being tested in the Channel when she suddenly began to