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Mr Punch confronts a railway director
driven by Henry Segrave
The Cardinal is seated on a rather small and worried-looking ass and is readily identifiable by the 'cross keys' symbol
This cartoon relates to his 1885 Budget
Portrait of Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Finish:Rolled Mr Punch confronts a railwayPortrait of Sir Isaac Newton at around 77 years of age. Newton's face is shown in profile, in the style of a medallion. Supported by a multi breasted female figure, possibly Diana, sitting on a globe upon which is the constellation of the Plough. Two comets in intersecting elliptical orbits are shown overhead. Milo Keynes [Milo Keynes, The iconography of Sir Isaac Newton to 1800, 2005, pp. 27 29] interprets the picture as alluding to the story of