Competitors at the Isle of Man TT Quilp Street Hogarth made the engraving in

Hogarth made the engraving in retaliation for a satirical attack made on him by Churchill in the epistle

Heralds reading proclamation of peace

with the House of Detention in the distance

A macaroni was a British dandy who affected continental fashions

March 1992 DM-1894-221

Competitors at the Isle of Man TT Quilp Street Hogarth made the engraving inCompetitors at the Isle of Man TT, 1914. To the left is a Straker Squire car, to the right a Minerva. Straker Squire were London based and produced cars from 1907 1926. Minerva cars were Belgian and sold as 'The Car Of Kings and Queens'. They were considered to be in the same class as Rolls Royce and Mercedes.