Railroad Speculators

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Title

Railroad Speculators

Subject

Thackeray, William Makepeace; The Book of Snobs

Description

Sketch by William Makepeace Thackeray called "Railroad Speculators," appearing in Punch in 1845, with text: "How many hundred shares have you wrote for?"

Creator

William Makepeace Thackeray

Source

Sketch from page 7 of John Sutherland's introduction to his 1978 edition of The Book of Snobs

Publisher

Punch

Date

1845

Contributor

John Sutherland

Rights

Public domain

Relation

Punch (magazine); The Book of Snobs, Ed. John Sutherland, St. Martin's Press, 1978

Format

Text; Image

Language

eng

Type

Still image

Coverage

1978

Original Format

Paper