Chivalry in the London Streets

Chivalry in the London Streets. Wood engraving. George Du Maurier. Punch’s Almanack. Click on image to enlarge it.

To be observed on a Rainy Day at any Omnibus Station

George Du Maurier here makes one of many comments in Victorian humor magazines about the way modern forms of transportation, particularly railway trains and omnibuses, destroy separation of classes and genders, the every act of crowded urban life functioning to destroy proper conduct, good manners, much less anything resembling chivalry.

Cartoons about Ominuses in Punch and Other Periodicals


Last modified 11 June 2020