Portrait of Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844) Size:L: 90 x 60cm also named are Richard Kingsmill

also named are Richard Kingsmill

and supported the mass of skirt material that was needed to achieve this look

With Prime Minister Disraeli on the left

Punch takes one of the journal's regular digs at the absurd world of ladies' fashion with a look at the spirit of competition between two young women

and the subsequent short anarchy of Communism

Portrait of Sir Henry Halford (1766-1844) Size:L: 90 x 60cm also named are Richard KingsmillHalf length portrait, seated, wearing a dark coat with a GCH award star at the left breast. Inscribed: 'H. Room. J. Cochran. SIR HENRY HALFORD, BART. G,C. H. President of the Royal College of Physicians. FISHER, SON & Co. LONDON & PARIS, 1838.' With a facsimile signature. Inscribed in pencil, lower left: '1810'; lower right '1 ' Original: stipple engraving. 1838