Victorian Era Pen and Ink Punch Magazine Cartoon Drawing box with face one can just make out

one can just make out the box's original stamp

plus the little ball in cage at one end

I assume this is an ice fishing scene

plus a diamond pattern at the center

just striking hung on the wall

Victorian Era Pen and Ink Punch Magazine Cartoon Drawing box with face one can just make outThis ink drawing c. 1870s or so is so finely done, it makes me wonder whether it wasn't the original drawing for a Punch magazine cartoon, as noted at bottom right? If not, it is a very very skillful rendering of a published version; see photos for a few examples from around the same time. I find this cafe scene of mother and son pretty charming, and love his little cap and crossed ankles dangling under the table! (And on the cafe sign in the