Gold Melting House, the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London Finish:Stretched Foreign trips were very popular

Foreign trips were very popular during the mid Victorian period and the point Mr Punch is making is that the foreigners make their fortunes out of the tourist industry through a system of ruthless overcharging

Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster was not a Fellow of the Royal Society

It was possible to buy one's way into officer positions

A Russian struggles to control a group of dogs

Unable to return by sea to the mouth of the Coppermine River in August 1821

Gold Melting House, the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London Finish:Stretched Foreign trips were very popularGold Melting House, the Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London, early 20th century.