Flight Of The Empress Maude pepper shaker Punch is poking fun at

Punch is poking fun at the typical middle-class family who waste their money on French foods

A book lies open on a stand beside him

From The Atlantic Telegraph by William Howard Russell

Room within a New York tenement block

The 2¾hp 1913 Model R was the deluxe version and featured a foot-operated clutch and a kick-start

Flight Of The Empress Maude pepper shaker Punch is poking fun at'Flight Of The Empress Maude', 12th century, (c1850). In 1142, Maude (or Matilda), was trapped in Oxford Castle but escaped over the ice of the frozen River Thames. Colour plate from Pictures of English History, George Routledge & Sons, (London, New York, c1850).