Looking into the Accounts mb-code 1620214 nearly opposite the Old Red

nearly opposite the Old Red Lion

The buildings of Monte Carlo and the hillsides above provide a spectacular backdrop

The house had been erected by Sir Thomas Pope on the site (and had incorporated several of the buildings) of the dissolved Bermondsey Abbey

Sir James Duke

and was the target of a number of caricaturists of the time

Looking into the Accounts mb-code 1620214 nearly opposite the Old Red'Looking into the Accounts', 1861. Mr Bull, the representative of the British people, hangs up his coat and hat, ready for a long stint of checking the nation's finances. Mr Gladstone, perched uncomfortably on a high stool, rather like the descriptions of Dickens's Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, with a quill behind his ear, is caught in the act of closing the ledger marked 'Income Tax'. John Bull is encouraging Gladstone to take a short break so