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Eric Clapton on stage at Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Concert

while the ghost of Sir William Curtis watches

past president of the Football League

A strand of corn in the foreground with the oast houses of a brewery

is being ridden by PC Wilfred Pepper of the Nottinghamshire police

Guy Fawkes for 1859 mb-width 5402 Eric Clapton on stage at'Guy Fawkes for 1859', 1859. Victor Emmanuel of Italy on the left, and Napoleon III on the right, preparing to burn Pope Pius IX on a bonfire. There is a bunch of faggots tied to the front of the pyre and the pope is balanced precariously on some barrels of gunpowder. The smile of Victor Emmanuel suggests the joy of a child on Guy Fawkes' night. This cartoon relates to the rumours in France that Pope Pius IX had threatened to excommunicate Napoleon.