2-693-666 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Pleasures of a Margate Steam Packet', 1838. Scene depicting one of the humorous adventures of Mr Jorrocks, a vulgar Cockney grocer who aspires to the sporting life in the country. From Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities; or, The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits of That Renowned Sporting Citizen, Mr. John Jorrocks, of St. Botolph Lane and Great Coram Street by Robert Smith Surtees. [Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd., London, 1838]