Portrait of a gentleman of the Chester family Product:Canvas France is defiant under the

France is defiant under the attack of Wilhelm I of Prussia

J Isabey's exhibition rooms on Pall Mall

Andy Lochhead of Aston Villa

The continuing concern over the plight of the capital's poorest citizens had been brought to the fore once again by the publication of Andrew Mearns' The Bitter Cry of Outcast London earlier in the year

A street seller and a policeman can be seen in the foreground

Portrait of a gentleman of the Chester family Product:Canvas France is defiant under theNear full length portrait of a gentleman in late middle age, with long natural brown hair, greying, and a white moustache. His dress is relatively plain, apparently in Commonwealth style. He wears a long brown coat, white gloves and white square collar. A sash is worn across the body from his right shoulder and a sword hilt is visible at the left hip, the hand resting lightly above this. His right hand holds a silver cane with a bone or ivory handle.