Utility Combined with Elegance Product:Greetings card The Opposition moved an amendment

The Opposition moved an amendment to condemn the proposed increase of the duty on beer and spirits

Radha and Krishna

Both are scruffily dressed and are using walking sticks

This concerns the bill introduced by Sir William

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Utility Combined with Elegance Product:Greetings card The Opposition moved an amendment'Utility Combined with Elegance', 1858. This cartoon is one of very many in Punch during the mid Victorian period which satirise women's fashions. One of Punch's favourite targets was the absurdity of the crinoline. Here, the lady's footman has to walk so far behind her in order not to tread on her skirts that the umbrella he carries is four times the size of an ordinary one and thus accommodates not only himself and his mistress, but a miscellany of