The British view of the Romanian Monarchy (a 19th century Wikileak!)
Image by Fergal Claddagh
This series of six images was taken in the auditorium of the Opera House in Bucharest. They relate the images of Romanian History and the texts I have attached are no specific to the actual paintings as I am not wise enough to recognise the events – the texts come from 19th century writers writing about the Kingdom of Romania.
(Below there is an account of how the British perceived the Romanian Leadership in the early 19th century – I think of Julian Assange here; this document has similar comments to those leaked to Wikileaks by Bradley Manning on how the World Policeman of this era sees the rest of the world. It is not so different from
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