steambugg

steambugg

And thus also setting the stage for a whole huge future genre.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg stand upon the deck of a large bugg-shaped, antennae-rocking ship, with a paddle wheel at the rear and a smokestack bellowing steam.

The text reads: “Bugust 26, 1791: James Bugginch is granted the patent for the steambugg.”