The Sunday Question mb-code 1150750 'Portrait of the Actress Antonia

'Portrait of the Actress Antonia Zárate'

Beneath is a description and a smaller image of the ruined castle

'May Day (in London)'

On the left is a Bow Street officer

Disraeli was reluctant to become involved

The Sunday Question mb-code 1150750 'Portrait of the Actress Antonia'The Sunday Question', 1869. The drinking habits of the working classes was always a cause for concern amongst their social superiors. A number of attempts had been made to close public houses on Sundays and, in this cartoon, Punch shows a typical Sunday public house. A drunkard stands unsteadily at the bar and his wife has arrived to persuade him to come home. It was believed that many women turned to drink simply because they had to enter public