The Sunday Question Size:L: 75 x 50cm View of the Vicar General's

View of the Vicar General's Office

Bottom left inset shows the Monument

A qualified doctor of engineering

Alderman John Boydell

The Sunday Question Size:L: 75 x 50cm View of the Vicar General's'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