| Method | Lithograph with hand colouring |
| Artist | Sem |
| Published | W.H. J. Carter, Printseller, Bookseller, &c. 12 Regent Street, Pall Mall, London. [n.d. c. 1860] |
| Dimensions | Image 258 x 196 mm, Sheet 322 x 220 mm |
| Notes |
On of series of satirical prints relating to problems faced by passengers on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's steamship The Great Eastern which also ridicule women's fashions of the day. In this print a woman in a wide crinoline attempts to climb into an upper berth. With the inscription: "My birth is the uppermost one, and I have to climb up to it, putting one foot on the lower one, and the other away out, which is a great stretch, makes it very straining _ then I lift one knee on the birth, and roll in sideways. This is very inconvenient to a woman. Last night I put my foot on Mrs. Brown's face, as she laid asleep close to the edge of the lower one, and nearly put out her eye." Interestingly, on the verso of this print there is advertisement listing crinoline prints available from the publisher W.H.J. Carter. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £175.00 |
| Stock ID | 43473 |