A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class! animal Christian Kautz

Christian Kautz

The three figures at the base represent Britain

Milk Street

carrying a lantern and spear

with a rolled up copy of the offending pamphlet

A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class! animal Christian Kautz'A Pleasure Excursion First Class!', 1824. A mixed group of passengers enjoy the comforts of first class railway travel. The large gentleman in the top hat claims to be a director. The working class man, however, disbelieves this as it was well known that excursion trains in particular were often late, usually over crowded, and not infrequently involved in accidents. This cartoon illustrates the working classes at leisure, their free and easy ways