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flying through the air on a broomstick

near Grosvenor Square

Viscount Duncan of Camperdown

In the distance water vessels can be seen on the River Thames

Panoramic view of the City of Westminster showing the area between H

A Perilous Passage mb-width 3589 flying through the air on'A Perilous Passage', 1869. Napoleon III of France was struggling against a wave of unpopularity at the time. He had introduced a number of measures to try and calm the situation. He was, by now, a very ill man and so his primary concern was to preserve his office for his young son. Here, Napoleon cycles on a tightrope across the Niagara Falls. This refers to JF Professor Jenkins crossing of the Niagara Gorge on 5th August 1869 on a tightrope located