Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . rikingexample of equestrian statuary. It is tlie work ofMarochetti, an Italian who lived in Paris, and, ha\ingto fly for his part in the French Revolution of 1848,settled in London. There was little of the ruler of his people in KingRichard. He was more the chivalrous knight-errant,wandering in quest of adventures to show his prowessat arms and his high-souled generosity and darling ambition was to relieve the Christianpilgrims t
Sir Benjamin Stone's pictures; records of national life and history reproduced from the collection of photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone, . rikingexample of equestrian statuary. It is tlie work ofMarochetti, an Italian who lived in Paris, and, ha\ingto fly for his part in the French Revolution of 1848,settled in London. There was little of the ruler of his people in KingRichard. He was more the chivalrous knight-errant,wandering in quest of adventures to show his prowessat arms and his high-souled generosity and darling ambition was to relieve the Christianpilgrims to the Holy Land from the oppressions of theTurk. In 1192 he led his gallant troops to the verywalls of Jerusalem, only to be forced to turn home-wards again, so wasted were his followers by fightingand disease. Nevertheless, he was strong enough tobe able to conclude a treaty wdth Saladin that forthree years, three months, three days, and three hourspilgrims should have free access to the Holy Sepulchre. As he is depicted by the chisel of Marochetti, wesee high purpose in his ardent face, and command andresolution which nothing can baulk. 94. SIR EDGAR VINCENT, Sir Edgar Vincent, who represented Exeter from 1899to 190G, is an eminent financier wlio first started on anentirely different career. Like bis elder brother, SirHoward Vincent, who began life as a soldier andbecame Director of the Criminal Investigation Depart-ment at Scotland Yard, he too, before finding hisdefinitive and instinctive destiny in the application ofthe science of pubHc revenue and expenditure, ^pentfive years in the Coldstream Guards. For six years he was Financial Adviser to theGovernment of Egypt. It was mainly owing to thereforms which he introduced that Egyptian financewas restored to prosperity, lie subsequently rendereda like service to Turkey. As Governor of the ImperialOttoman Bank, he lifted Turkey out of its financialdifiiculties, and directed it on tlie patli of economicprogress. 9S
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