Punch,  42 (1862), 163.

A Peace Preserver

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Spoof

Subjects:

Military Technology, Steamships, Politics


    Describes a spoof proposal, putatively made by the Peace Society, to build an iron vessel with 'several cupolas constructed by Captain Coles', which it will christen the 'John Bright Floating Battery'.



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