Eliza Canning from the Life lenticular truss bridge Gathering around an acetylene flare

Gathering around an acetylene flare at a traffic control point in the fog

Inscribed: 'DessinÚ et GravÚ d'apres l'originale par Boutrois et Adam G

7th September 1964

Mr Punch pokes gentle fun at all those philanthropists by suggesting that the tables be turned

Eliza Canning from the Life lenticular truss bridge Gathering around an acetylene flare'A True Draught of Eliza Canning. Eliza Canning from the Life', c1753. In 1753, a young woman called Elizabeth Canning claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will at a house in Enfield. She also said that her kidnappers tried to force her to become a prostitute. She supposedly escaped from the house, and on her evidence people were arrested, tried and convicted. Later, doubts began to be expressed about her story. The prisoners were