'Trevandrum Observatory...from the South West' mb-code 1237318 pushing a barrow filled with

pushing a barrow filled with oysters

The question that Punch is asking is what lay behind this meeting

with street scene and horse-drawn vehicles

Les Chadwick and Les McGuire

' A wash leather seller displays her wares to a customer

'Trevandrum Observatory...from the South West' mb-code 1237318 pushing a barrow filled withView of Trevandrum Observatory, from the south west. The main observatory is on the skyline: two other buildings, the Astronomer's House and the Meteorological Bungalow are marked on the print at 'VV' and 'V' respectively. The observatory was designed and constructed in 1837 by W. H. Horsley, a lieutenant in the Madras Engineers, under the patronage of Sri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (1813 1846) Maharaja of the State of Travancore [now