
3 8 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 30cm
Description
'The Constable on the Great Western Railway who was run over by the train whilst taking his tea'. Ink cartoon by Charles Alexander Saunders (1796-1864), first secretary of the Great Western Railway 1833-1863. A man is being run over by a train: a satirical comment on the autocratic attitude of the railways to their pasengers.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10328491
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