Great Lion Show Product:Fine art poster 2nd January 1961

2nd January 1961

on the other side of the road

Piccadilly Circus

Final Score: England 4-2 West Germany A

preceded by Edward Thurlow

Great Lion Show Product:Fine art poster 2nd January 1961'Great Lion Show', 1868. Sir Robert Napier is shown standing on the right of this cartoon. He had recently fought a victorious campaign in Abyssinia against King Theodore which had resulted in the British captives held by the King being freed. The decisive battle had been fought at Magdala and, upon his return home, Sir Robert was created Lord Napier of Magdala and given a pension of two thousand pounds per annum. The one shilling must be a reference