'Transit of Venus December 6, 1882' Size:L: 100 x 80cm This relates to the recent

This relates to the recent General Election which the Conservatives had won

These concerned the faint possibility that France was preparing to launch another war

Germany and Russia who had met at Skiernievice in Russian Poland

View of the garden and gardeners at Carlton House

'Transit of Venus December 6, 1882' Size:L: 100 x 80cm This relates to the recentProjected appearance of the transit as viewed from London, using Ferguson's method of projection. Inscribed with the title above and annotated to explain the track of the planet: 'Ingress' and 'Egress below the horizon'. Supporting notes verso state that 'Out of four transits of Venus visible in this country during the last three hundred years, three occur under similar circumstances, that is, they commence here shortly before sunset' Original: ink on