A Losing Game Product:Fine art poster Edward Cardwell

Edward Cardwell

Showing a windmill on the right and soldiers playing cards with a farmer in front

In the foreground men attend to bottles of wine

Louis Napoleon unveils a crude statue of his cousin Plon-Plon and introduces him as the representative of 'Italian Liberty'

West Ham FC team line up

A Losing Game Product:Fine art poster Edward Cardwell'A Losing Game', 1858. Louis Napoleon to Palmerston What about my match with Montalembert? Palmerston replies, shaking his head, Very awkward for your British backers. Napoleon leans against the wall, disconsolately holding a billiard cue whilst Palmerston perches on the edge of the billiard table. The story behind the cartoon is the trial of the Comte de Montalembert. The Comte had published a pamphlet in France in which he compared in unflattering