Charles Dickens, 19th century English author king Henry VII showing a woman fanning herself

showing a woman fanning herself with one hand and holding a bunch of roses in the crook of her other arm

28th July 1964

Cheapside &c morning & evening'

or their guilty consciences

Foreign trips were very popular during the mid Victorian period and the point Mr Punch is making is that the foreigners make their fortunes out of the tourist industry through a system of ruthless overcharging

Charles Dickens, 19th century English author king Henry VII showing a woman fanning herselfCharles Dickens, 19th century English author, (1910). Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, Dickens (1812 1870) was the foremost novelist of the Victorian era. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910.