Arms of Precision Finish:20-pack 2nd August 1981

2nd August 1981

Astley's amphitheatre

There is a satirical verse in the lower margin

Group portrait of the Holborn Valley Improvements Committee on Holborn Viaduct

Arms of Precision Finish:20-pack 2nd August 1981'Arms of Precision', 1878. The setting is a 'Sham Fight, Aldershot'. The Brigade Major is saying to the Officer of Artillery: If you Fire by the Compass due South, at a range of Two Miles, the Enemy must retire! This may be an illustration of complacent acceptance of British military might and the lack of necessity to engage with the enemy and 'get one's hands dirty'. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 2, 1878.