Punch,  45 (1863), 155.

[The Earthquake]

Anon

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Subjects:

Geology, Narcotics, Religious Authority


    Shows a drunken churchwarden attempting to unlock his front door, the caption reporting that he experienced the recent earthquake when, after coming out of a public house, he felt the 'pavement hit him on the nose, and [...] the street door wouldn't let him get his latch key in'.



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