Sisters of Mersey mb-width 2810 is showing Queen Victoria the

is showing Queen Victoria the British stockpile of gunpowder

'Trial by Battle'

A busy scene with people

A young suitor kneels in front of a plump and unattractive young lady

the estate at Syon was acquired after the dissolution of the monasteries by Edward Seymour

Sisters of Mersey mb-width 2810 is showing Queen Victoria the'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.