Can't Get Away! Size:XL: 100 x 80cm 'A Princely Ambassador'

'A Princely Ambassador'

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Can't Get Away! Size:XL: 100 x 80cm 'A Princely Ambassador'Can't Get Away!, 1884. Mr Punch holds a handkerchief to his nose as Father Thames tells him his worries. Despite sporadic efforts to cleanse the capital's river, it was still in a terrible condition and this is reflected in the appearance of Father Thames, burdened as he is with broken baskets and the occasional old boot. At the back of the cartoon, a sewage pipe allows the contamination to continue.