The Schoolmaster of the Future Size:L: 80 x 60cm while an assistant passes him

while an assistant passes him a tool

('The American Gladiators') The American Gladiators are President Lincoln on the left to represent the Northern States

St James's Palace

He became the first Chairman of Rolls-Royce Limited when it was formed in 1906 and served in that capacity for many years

Sir Joseph Robinson

The Schoolmaster of the Future Size:L: 80 x 60cm while an assistant passes him'The Schoolmaster of the Future', 1887. The British workman has come into school to take the boy away in order to teach him a trade that will be more useful to him in life than Trigonometry or Geology. This cartoon accompanies a poem of the same name in which Punch puts forward the view that an artisan of the future must needs learn a craft and develop skills that will stand him in good stead. It is not that book learning is bad for a boy, but 'if a