'The Picnic Disturbed', one of Phiz's many commentaries on tourism. 6 x 10 inches. Lithographic reproduction of pen and ink sketches. Mr Bounce and his party are introduced to the perils of tourism in the form of a cow eating their picnic hamper. The townies' alarm is roundly mocked in another of Phiz's burlesques. [Click on image to enlarge it.]
Related Material
- The Mistake of Going on Holiday: Travel, Tourism and Leisure in Early and Mid-Victorian Illustration
Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke. You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned it and (2) link to this URL in a web document or cite it in a print one.
Bibliography
Sketches of the Seaside and the Countryside by Phiz. London: The Graphotyping Company [1880].
Created 2 May 2020