1-150-383 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

'First Class Travelling', 1864. Various Evolutions Performed by Mr. M'Lankie, after the Eighth Hour of the Journey from Edinburgh to London, in the Vain Endeavour to Obtain Relief for his Legs.' One of the regular targets of Punch's satire was the new and rapidly developing railway network. Here is a dig at the discomfort to be experienced even by a First Class passenger on a long journey. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 26, 1864.