Gallant, but we fear Satirical Officer Rheinland-Pfalz Many of the very poorest

Many of the very poorest urban citizens were familiar with prisons and workhouses

Transverse section of St John's Chapel in the White Tower

View of the south front of the Bank of England with a street scene and horse-drawn carriages

Original is oil on panel 26

Gallant, but we fear Satirical Officer Rheinland-Pfalz Many of the very poorest'Gallant, but we fear Satirical Officer', 1865. A group of young women all smoking, and having tea. One of them asks the man if he would like a cigarette, but he declines. Occasionally, young ladies of advanced ideas would take up smoking and, in this cartoon, Mr Punch has a satirical dig at these women by contrasting their emancipated behaviour with the restraint shown by just the sort of person who would normally be seen enjoying the pleasures of