A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class! Finish:Rolled View of the River Thames

View of the River Thames and Palace of Westminster at night

David Herd

6th June 1961

This relates to the Franco-Prussian war of 1870

A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class! Finish:Rolled View of the River Thames'A Pleasure Excursion First Class!', 1824. A mixed group of passengers enjoy the comforts of first class railway travel. The large gentleman in the top hat claims to be a director. The working class man, however, disbelieves this as it was well known that excursion trains in particular were often late, usually over crowded, and not infrequently involved in accidents. This cartoon illustrates the working classes at leisure, their free and easy ways