A Morning Concert Finish:Rolled inspires violence and careless inebriation

inspires violence and careless inebriation

View of London from the New Customs House

Panoramic view of London from the South Bank looking across the River Thames towards Somerset House in Westminster

Aerial view of Charterhouse

A Morning Concert Finish:Rolled inspires violence and careless inebriation'A Morning Concert', 1865. A husband nods off to sleep in the front row of a concert. His wife scolds him. A man in the row behind looks to the ceiling, perhaps praying for the concert to end. Social events amongst the middle and upper classes often centred around music, and morning concerts were very popular. Mr Punch takes a topical dig at this entirely blameless pastime by having a little fun at the expense of those gentlemen who, as they might