Description

Hand-colored print satirizing the Industrial Revolution by means of imaginary inventions, such as a steam-powered horse, a "Royal Patent Boot-cleaning Engine," a vacuum tube transporting passengers to Bengal, a suspension bridge from Bengal to Cape Town, a bat-shaped airship full of convicts bearing a placard "For New South Wales," a ship drawn by spouting whales, and a castle on a cloud labeled "Scheme for the payment of the National DEBT." Inscription at top: "Lord how the World improves as we grow older." Title and production information in lower margin.