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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

oldbookillustrations: “Hercules” returning from a fancy ball. John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

“Hercules” returning from a fancy ball.

John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations: Special constable: Now mind, you know - if I kill you, it’s nothing; but if you kill me, by Jove! it’s murder! John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work vol 1, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Special constable: Now mind, you know - if I kill you, it’s nothing; but if you kill me, by Jove! it’s murder!

John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work vol 1, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891.

(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations: “Fiddle-faddle” fashions. John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

“Fiddle-faddle” fashions.

John Leech, from John Leech, his life and work, by William Powell Frith, London, 1891.

(Source: archive.org)