Boxing Day
The Reg'lar Peace Dustmen call upon the Emperor of all the Russias for a Christmas Box
Wood engraving
Punch 29 (6 October 1855): 137
Apparently the Czar's pockets are empty (presumably from waging war in the Crimea), and a patch is conspicuous on the left knee of his trousers.
Related cartoons on the Crimean War
Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham