Punch,  59 (1870), 251.

The Pursuit of Science

C K *

Genre:

Illustration, Drollery

Relevant illustrations:

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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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