Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan mb-artistname Jones / Fincher when the truth was that

when the truth was that Britain was maintaining a policy of isolation

pictured at his home in Buckinghamshire

William the Conqueror was crowned in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066

Banff House was built between 1735 and 1740 for William Duff of Braco

A description of the occasion appears in the bottom margin

Kiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan mb-artistname Jones / Fincher when the truth was thatKiyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan, 1904. The Buddhist temple of Kiyomizu dera was originally established in the late 8th century but the buildings seen in the photograph date from the 1630s. A print from Japan, its History, Arts and Literature, Volume V, by Captain F Brinkley, TC and EC Jack, 34 Henrietta Street, London WC2 and Edinburgh, 1904.