The Sunday Question Size:L: 75 x 50cm Lord Petty stands astride the

Lord Petty stands astride the mouth of the bag shovelling coins to greedy ministerialists outside the Treasury

Bottom left inset shows the Monument

is holding up Lot 1

View from Guildhall Yard

Julie Manet

The Sunday Question Size:L: 75 x 50cm Lord Petty stands astride the'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