| Description | Artist's proof depicts the Secretary of State for War, St John Brodrick (1856-1942) dressed in ceremonial court dress stands from sitting behind a desk with a bin full of waste paper labelled 'RENEWED ACTIVITY OF THE BOERS', 'SEVERE FIGHTING' and 'HEAVY BRITISH LOSS' to its side. He is addressing a woman dressed in indigenous Canadian dress holding a piece of paper that reads 'OFFER OF FRESH CAVALRY CORPS/ 2000 MOUNTS/ Canada'. Arthur Balfour (1848-1930) and John Bull sit at a dining table in a hotel, John Bull holds out a piece of paper lettered 'The Empire Hotel'. On the table are empty boxes of cigars and another piece of paper that reads 'Total £145,000000' |