Punch,  16 (1849), [191].

Off the Rail

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

[Lamp], pseud.  [John Leech] *

Subjects:

Railways, Commerce, Charlatanry, Accidents


    Shows a portly 'King' George Hudson with a torso that forms the body of a steam locomotive and a crowned head forming the smoke emitted from the machine. The runaway locomotive keels off the track causing Hudson's crown (from which smoke emerges) to be knocked off.



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