Twin Stars, or Rival Italian Artistes Size:Standard: 6 x 4in including a man begging on

including a man begging on the left

Members of the Royal Family including Queen Elizabeth

flanked by putti

possibly the same man so we can see the detail of his riding costume from the back

Twin Stars, or Rival Italian Artistes Size:Standard: 6 x 4in including a man begging on'Twin Stars, or Rival Italian Artistes', 1858. This cartoon shows Dr Wiseman, head of the Catholic Church in England. Some years previously, Cardinal Wiseman had caused a storm when he had proposed to establish a new Catholic hierarchy in England. He followed this by issuing an open letter that, rather unwisely, referred to restoring the Catholic Church in England 'to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament' hence the title 'Twin Stars'. This had