The March of Speculation
J Leech
Genre: | Illustration, Drollery |
Relevant illustrations: | wdct. |
Illustrators: | J Leech * |
Subjects: | Railways, Commerce, Charlatanry |
Shows a scene outside a dingy hovel. A shady figure dressed as a gentleman speaks to an elderly lady standing in a doorway, and introduces a man standing nearby as 'the young Gent. as takes my business', and points out that he is himself 'agoin' into the Railway-Director Line myself'. |
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