'Is Detection a Failure?', 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain Artist: Unknown
Title

'Is Detection a Failure?', 1888. Artist: Joseph Swain Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Is Detection a Failure?', 1888. Punch points out the drawbacks inherent in the footsteps of the policeman being dogged by journalists. While the detective's work is making headline news on the 'Muckrake Gazette, the criminal is able to take his ease at home and wait for a quieter time to return to business. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 20, 1888.

Date

1888

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Cartoon Collector

Reference

HRM19A90_359

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