Title
Cariacature entitled "The death of poor P.Q."
Reference
UK0108 NAEST 053/013
Date
[1875]
Scope and Content
Cariacature drawn by F Preston. Refers to the replacement of the Electric Telegraph Co. code 'PQ' with the Post Office code 'NN', to signal 'message ends'. Cariacatures W H Preece, R S Culley, W E Baines, F I Scudamore, A V Tubb and H C Fischer, with Charles Wheatstone portrayed as his own automatic telegraph. With donor's notes identifying the occasion as "the Wheatstone telegraph replaces double-needle telegraphs for Press messages 1871."
Physical description
Number of pieces: 1, Pages/folios: 2
Language
English.
Persons keyword
Post Office, Scudamore Frank Ives, Electric Telegraph Company, Fischer Sir Henry Charles, Tubb A V, Culley Richard Spelman, Baines W E, Wheatstone Sir Charles, Preston F
Conditions governing access
Open
Level of description
file