1-151-053 - The Cartoon Collector/Heritage-Images

'Blind-Man's Buff', 1888. The policeman faces insurmountable odds in his attempts to catch the many villains operating on the streets of Britain's towns and cities. This was the year also of Jack the Ripper and the failure of the police to find the guilty man led to them being less than flattering coverage in the newspapers of the day. From Punch, or the London Charivari, September 22, 1888.