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and a knife for opening them

'Britannia congratulating the Right Hon Brass Crosby

only recently introduced for men

'Westminster Races

Utility Combined with Elegance mb-width 3719 and a knife for opening'Utility Combined with Elegance', 1858. This cartoon is one of very many in Punch during the mid Victorian period which satirise women's fashions. One of Punch's favourite targets was the absurdity of the crinoline. Here, the lady's footman has to walk so far behind her in order not to tread on her skirts that the umbrella he carries is four times the size of an ordinary one and thus accommodates not only himself and his mistress, but a miscellany of