Agreeable!. “The ’Bus being so full, Simpkins is unable to sit by the side of his darling Julia, but that, of course, is not of the least consequence!” Signed with monogram lower right. Source: Fun (25 January 1862): 192. Click on image to enlarge it. This cartoon is one of many contemporary comments and complaints about the loss of privacy that accompanied the relatively economic means of travel provided by the Victorian omnibus. — George P. Landow
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