The Vultures mb-artistname Thomas 25th March 1986

25th March 1986

View looking towards the gallery

View of St Lawrence Jewry from Guildhall Yard

with a half mended boot in his lap

The Vultures mb-artistname Thomas 25th March 1986'The Vultures', 1887. The vultures of the War Office and Contractor hover over a fallen soldier. This concerned a great scandal over the supply of defective weapons to the armed forces. Some weapons were unfit for service. Bayonets would twist and bend, as would swords. Guns exploded and cartridges jammed. The supplies too often arrived via a corrupt system of contractors, but would, of course, put Britain's fighting men in grave danger in the field.