Confucius Earl of Cork Also showing views of Westminster

Also showing views of Westminster Bridge and Blackfriars Bridge

Plate 7 from The natural history of monkeys

John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876) was an English painter who specialised in Mediterranean and Oriental scenes

The Speaker's chair is in the foreground on the left

Great Asian Archipelago: French explorers with natives on the Island of Ombai

Confucius Earl of Cork Also showing views of WestminsterConfucius, ancient Chinese teacher and philosopher, 1922. According to Chinese tradition, Confucius (551 479 BC) was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. His teachings, preserved in the Analects, form the foundation of much of subsequent Chinese speculation on the education and comportment of the ideal man. Frontispiece of Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap &