What we must come to

Wood engraving

Punch (20 October 1855): 157

Old Party (to P--nm--re). "Oh, if you please, Sir — Did you want a sperity old woman to see after things in the Crimea? No objection to being made a field marshall and glory not so much an object as a good salary."

More commentary on the Crimean War

  • Bomba's Big Brother
  • Rout out of a Robber's Den
  • A Day's Fishing at Sebastopol
  • Boxing Day

    • Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham

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