Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The wrong station. Policeman, "No, sir-this aint the Great Western. This is the London and Birmingham"

John Leech
1817-1864

The wrong station. Policeman, "No, sir-this aint the Great Western. This is the London and Birmingham"

1845
4 1/8 x 6 15/16 inches (104 x 177 mm)
Graphite on paper, mounted onto detached album page.
1986.583:10

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes
Original drawing for no. X of a series of 12 illustrations entitled "Railway miseries," which appeared in "Punch's almanack for 1846," published in: Punch, vol. 10, Jan.-June, 1846.
Summary

Drawing shows a policeman addressing a family of travellers laden with luggage as they hurry towards a building labeled "Parcel offices."

Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / Gordon N. Ray. New York ; London : Oxford Univ. Pr., 1976, p. 85.
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Classification
Century Drawings
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