Punch,  12 (1847), 74.

The New Houses of Parliament

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Public Health, Government, Engineering, Charlatanry


    Notes the quarrel between David B Reid and Charles Barry over who is the true 'barrier' to the completion of the new Houses of Parliament. Regards Reid's ventilation system to be 'the only regular ill that blows nobody good'.



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