Probably The Next Absurdity mb-width 5010 Ettore Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti

St Pancras

Next to the butcher is a pile of money

whilst in the background infantry soldiers take part in a drill

Probably The Next Absurdity mb-width 5010 Ettore Bugatti'Probably The Next Absurdity', 1868. In this cartoon, Punch manages to hit two of its favourite targets with the one stone, both relating to women. The journal regularly poked fun at the world of women's fashion, as well as at any attempt by women either to participate in male sporting activities, or to gain employment in any field seen previously as specifically within the male domain. Here, the absurdity, according to Punch, of female fashions is