Picture No | 10297574 |
Date | 1921 |
Description | Heath Robinson Drawing Room 2 of 4 |
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Heath Robinson Does Away with Servants - Patent Applied for by 'The Sketch' in the Drawing-Room. A family in the Drawing Room, which is a typically Heath Robinson design, with a system of pulleys, levers and machinery allowing them to pour tea, serve cake and stoke the fire, and no need for servants. Even the passing Vicar can enter the room and announce himself by simply standing on a carefully placed vacuum pump.
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Source | Illustrated by William Heath Robinson in The Sketch, Christmas Number 1921, page 23 |
Credit | (c)Illustrated London News Ltd / Mary Evans Picture Library |
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