Title

'Oxford in the Future, or the New Freshman', 1865. Artist: John Tenniel

Caption

'Oxford in the Future, or the New Freshman', 1865. The Navvy says Gallon O' Audit Ale, Guv'nor, Please. I's got I' Blunt to Pay Vor'n The Liberal MP, Lord Palmerston, is here dressed as a navvy approaching a startled Oxford University. This cartoon relates to the proposal of the Great Western Railway to establish their factory and working base in Oxford. Suddenly, it appears, Oxford is faced with being overrun by the working classes with all their vices, a terrible thought even if the navvies have cash in their pockets. From Punch, or the London Charivari, September 9, 1865.

Date

1865

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A89_214

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (4,7Mb) / 12,2in x 17,1in / 3663 x 5135 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male university job man men hat education politics guy occupation clothes tool dress prime minister century Oxford University profession academic mortar board spade labourer concept shocked B&W mortarboard cartoon MONOCHROME politician Working Class 19th century black & white black and white B W working-class nineteenth century statesman Heritage Image Partnership navvy pick axe social class Lord Palmerston caricature satire engraving Lord John Tenniel Sir John Tenniel Henry John Temple Henry John Viscount Palmerston Palmerston Temple Henry John Temple Tenniel John engraving caricature satire