Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Sociology, Societies

    Shows Henry P Brougham (1st Baron Brougham and Vaux) and Mr Punch standing at the foot of some stairs leading up to a temple. Brougham clutches a scroll marked 'Speech on the Promotion of Social Science' and Mr Punch says, 'After You, My Lord'. This is a reference to the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, of which Brougham was president, 1857–58.