Can't Get Away! Size:XL: 100 x 80cm the Marx Brothers and band

the Marx Brothers and band leader Paul Whiteman bought Cords

View of Woolwich with the River Thames in the distance

View showing cattle grazing and horse-drawn vehicles passing on the road

'A Princely Ambassador'

Can't Get Away! Size:XL: 100 x 80cm the Marx Brothers and bandCan't Get Away!, 1884. Mr Punch holds a handkerchief to his nose as Father Thames tells him his worries. Despite sporadic efforts to cleanse the capital's river, it was still in a terrible condition and this is reflected in the appearance of Father Thames, burdened as he is with broken baskets and the occasional old boot. At the back of the cartoon, a sewage pipe allows the contamination to continue.