Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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Subjects:

Railways, Transport, Gender

    Shows three women standing before a manhole in the pavement, to which a notice 'The Underground [Metropolitan] Railway' appears to be pointing, and from which a figure emerges with a lamp. The 'Old Lady' remarks that 'I'm sure no woman with the least sense of decency would think of going down that way to it'.