The Pursuit of Science
C K *
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Illustrators: | C K * |
Subjects: | Mining, Class |
Shows a 'pretty, but Scientific governess' and her companion standing before a group of miners who relax outside a counting house. The governess asks them if she can 'obtain a specimen of this mine' but one of the miners replies that 'this ere's a worked-out mine, and us three's the only specimen's left. At your 'umble service, Miss, I'm sure'. |
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