Close
Cart (0)
Login
Register
0
Selected
Invert selection
Deselect all
Deselect all
Click here to refresh results
Click here to refresh results
Go to Login page
Hide details
Conceptually similar
AR928770
AR9451475
AR928577
AR926539
AR928519
AR928419
AR929250
AR929416
AR927743
AR929300
AR928507
AR987788
AR928854
AR929316
AR927793
AR929154
AR928929
AR927832
AR929019
AR928461
'Sisters of Mersey', 1886.
'Sisters of Mersey', 1886. Sir E Watkin had proposed a scheme for a Channel Tunnel but this had not been accepted. This cartoon illustrates the newly constructed Mersey Tunnel that connected Liverpool and Birkenhead. It was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on 20th January 1886. It had been started in 1869. From Punch, or the London Charivari, January 30, 1886.
Unique Identifier
AR929083
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3709px × 5079px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
Add to lightbox
Add to cart
Tags
19th century
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Caricature
Cartoon
Channel Tunnel
CROSSING
Edward Linley
Edward Linley Sambourne;Sambourne
England
Engraving
geographical feature
Geography
Heritage Image Partnership
LIVERPOOL
Mersey Tunnel
Merseyside
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Print Collector1
Satire
Seascape
Ship
SHIPS
TGN
Train
transport
TRANSPORTATION
Tunnel
water transport