Confucius the Great Unapotheosized God of China Size:XL: 100 x 70cm The plate is inscribed: 'P

The plate is inscribed: 'P

Collisions were all too common in the 1870s and Punch often featured cartoons about the perils of railway travel to emphasise its dissatisfaction with the lack of real investment in new technology

' The print is embossed 'Charles Spencer

Monument in old St Paul's Cathedral

Confucius the Great Unapotheosized God of China Size:XL: 100 x 70cm The plate is inscribed: 'P'Confucius the Great Unapotheosized God of China', 1922. According to Chinese tradition, Confucius (551 479 BC) was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. His teachings, preserved in the Analects, form the foundation of much of subsequent Chinese speculation on the education and comportment of the ideal man. From Myths and Legends of China, by Edward TC Werner, published by George G Harrap & Co, 1922.