A group of unlikely joggers attempt to run watched by a crowd of onlookers behind a fence. Coloured lithograph, ca. 1870.

The runner in the foreground wears a kilt compared to the others who wear white stockings. In the background an obese man struggles to run wiping his over-heated face with a handkerchief. Behind him another runner sits on a stool with one foot raised as he chats to two men in overcoats and hats. The last runner stands reading a paper and smoking a long pipe

Probably refers to the competition between politicians

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1870?]

1 print : lithograph printed in colours ; sheet 12.1 x 21.3 cm

Pedestrianism

Wellcome Collection 588936i