1-150-419 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

'Gallant, but we fear Satirical Officer', 1865. A group of young women all smoking, and having tea. One of them asks the man if he would like a cigarette, but he declines. Occasionally, young ladies of advanced ideas would take up smoking and, in this cartoon, Mr Punch has a satirical dig at these women by contrasting their emancipated behaviour with the restraint shown by just the sort of person who would normally be seen enjoying the pleasures of tobacco. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4, 1865.