Mechanical musical instrument invented for the 1851 London Great Exhibition by Henry Mayhew
He also coined “flaxen Saxon.” With other absurdities.
Tag: Henry Mayhew
The invisible ethnicity of Inspector Richard Tanner of the Met
The British-Jewish detective who hung the German murderer of a London banker. With photos of his tombstone in Winchester’s West Hill cemetery.
![Richard Tanner, late Inspector in the Metropolitan Detective Police Force. Born October 30th 1831, died October 19th 1873. [Also wife and mother-in-law.]](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xofHafv88w4/T_wWdZwAO2I/AAAAAAABASs/EROVgCGThps/s1000/P1090088.JPG "Richard Tanner, late Inspector in the Metropolitan Detective Police Force. Born October 30th 1831, died October 19th 1873. [Also wife and mother-in-law.]")