Title

The Railway World - Ironing Done Here, 1845. Creator: Alfred Crowquill.

Caption

The Railway World - Ironing Done Here, 1845. A globe covered in railway tracks, from a comic story written and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill on the subject of railway speculation - investment in the new transport system. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM21A07_193

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57,7Mb (3,2Mb) / 13,5in x 16,5in / 4063 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation railways world British railway funny railway line location Victorian century railway tracks Britain train track silly ironing newspapers railway track press investment concept B&W speculation cartoon 19th century pun black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News ILN newspaper satire engraving Alfred Crowquill Crowquill Alfred Alfred Henry Forrester Forrester Alfred Henry