Humorous postcard - Workhouse Tramp gets the Order of the B
A humorous postcard showing a tramp in a workhouse being pushed towards a bath by a uniformed attendant. The Order of the Bath refers to a British order of chivalry whose name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight which involved bathing - a symbol of purification. The workhouse attendant's military style uniform suggests that the illustration may be American in origin
Picture No
10576680
Media ID
47566300
Size
5158px x 3352px
(15.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed illustration on a postcard published by Bamforth & Co. Ltd
Date
Date unknown
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Attendant Attendants Chivalry Creating Derives Involved Origin Purification Pushed Suggests Tramp Uniformed
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