Robert Seymour (English, 1798 "Locomotion: Walking by Steam, Riding by Steam,...

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Robert Seymour (English, 1798 "Locomotion: Walking by Steam, Riding by Steam, Flying by Steam," a satirical hand-colored etching, ca. 1830, by the caricaturist and illustrator of Dickens, spoofing the development and spread of steam power: a man is depicted walking with a steam-powered leg, and two women ride an enormous...

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