Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

wdct.

Illustrators:

C K *

Subjects:

Domestic Economy, Technology, Gender, Music

    Shows a large hall way in which Mr Pottleton, his wife, and several domestic servants stand before a wooden box in which sits a sewing machine. The caption reveals that Mrs Pottleton had 'exacted a promise from her husband of a new harmonium' and that her unlikely reaction to the sewing machine is 'agreeable surprise'.