The Drowsy Pointsman Size:Large: 7 x 5in On the right Lord John

On the right Lord John Russell attacks him

The Coronation of Henry IV of England (Detail of a miniature from the Grandes Chroniques de France by Jean Froissart)

driven by E Weaver

between 1830 and 1835

The Drowsy Pointsman Size:Large: 7 x 5in On the right Lord John'The Drowsy Pointsman', 1876. John Bull, the representative of the British people, prods a dozing Disraeli, now the Earl of Beaconsfield. This cartoon highlights two very topical stories. First, Disraeli is shown as the signalman on the railways. Collisions were all too common in the 1870s and Punch often featured cartoons about the perils of railway travel to emphasise its dissatisfaction with the lack of real investment in new technology. Secondly,