The American Difficulty Size:S: 40 x 30cm View of Greenwich Hospital from

View of Greenwich Hospital from the Isle of Dogs

"on her white breast a sparkling Cross she wore"

claimed the throne

a great number of people can be seen strolling in the park

The fullness of the skirt is also accentuated by the extremely tight bodice of the dress

The American Difficulty Size:S: 40 x 30cm View of Greenwich Hospital from'The American Difficulty', 1861. Illustrating the worsening troubles between the North and the South in America. President Abraham Lincoln stokes the fire at the White House, just as he had stoked the fires of the Civil War with his imposition of a blockade on Southern ports. On 19th April 1861 Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports, which meant for the duration of the war the South was limited in its ability to stay well