A Dilemma

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A dilemma.

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Artist

Name:
Keene, Charles
Dates:
1823-1891
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subjects:
Humor, Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
Harold B. Lee Library, the Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:
Punch, vol. 52
Author:
Collective work
Publisher:
London: Punch Publications Ltd, 1867
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Description:

A cab driver tries to explain a confusing situation to a policeman. The caption goes on:

Cabby: “Ere’s a go, p’liceman! What am I to do?—I vos ordered to take these ‘ere gents as ‘a been dinin’ you see, to their ‘spectable ‘omes, vun vos for ‘Anover Square, another for the Halbany, and the tothers elseveres—vell, they vos all carefully sorted ven I started, an’ now they’ve been an’ gone an’ mixed the’rselves up an’ I don’t know vich is vich!!”

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