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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