Punch,  13 (1847), 100.

Punch and the Great Britain

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery; Essay, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

N, pseud.  [William Newman] *

Subjects:

Steamships, Invention


    Explains that 'Punch was the real cause of the SS Great Britain being got off', owing to the fact that it placed jokes in its caissons. The illustration shows Mr Punch and leading statesmen on a steamboat tugging the Great Britain.



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