Comics Collection (#8)

Letter Q, Quiet Quaker Quashing Quarrelsome Quidnunc (colour litho)
5217843 Letter Q, Quiet Quaker Quashing Quarrelsome Quidnunc (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter Q, Quiet Quaker Quashing Quarrelsome Quidnunc)

Letter N, Nauseating Nut Negligently Noticing Neighbouring Nymphs (colour litho)
5217841 Letter N, Nauseating Nut Negligently Noticing Neighbouring Nymphs (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter N)

Letter E, Eminently Eloquent Electioneer Eliciting Extremely Exceptionable Egg (colour litho)
5217830 Letter E, Eminently Eloquent Electioneer Eliciting Extremely Exceptionable Egg (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter E)

Man singing a song titled As We Trip upon the Green (colour litho)
5217530 Man singing a song titled As We Trip upon the Green (colour litho) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man singing a song titled As We Trip upon the Green)

Pay day (colour litho)
5990877 Pay day (colour litho) by Hunt, Henry J. (1867-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pay day. Illustration for Naval Sketches by Salvator Valda and Henry Hunt RN (Simpkin, Marshall)

Battle practice, 500 BC (colour litho)
5990876 Battle practice, 500 BC (colour litho) by Valda, Salvator (c.1880-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle practice, 500 BC)

Letter S, Singularly Self-satisfied Snob Superciliously Surveying Seedy Scavenger (colour litho)
5217844 Letter S, Singularly Self-satisfied Snob Superciliously Surveying Seedy Scavenger (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter S)

Letter O, Obstinate Old Octogenarian Offering Outrageous Or Otherwise Offensive Observations (colour litho)
5217840 Letter O, Obstinate Old Octogenarian Offering Outrageous Or Otherwise Offensive Observations (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter O)

Letter M, Merry Mediaeval Monk Merely Making Midnight Meditation More Mellow (colour litho)
5217839 Letter M, Merry Mediaeval Monk Merely Making Midnight Meditation More Mellow (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter M)

Letter K, Kindly Kaffir King Keeping Kidnapped Kinsmen Kowtowing (colour litho)
5217837 Letter K, Kindly Kaffir King Keeping Kidnapped Kinsmen Kowtowing (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter K)

Letter I, Inordinately Intemperate Individual Incurring Inevitable Indigestion In India (colour litho)
5217835 Letter I, Inordinately Intemperate Individual Incurring Inevitable Indigestion In India (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter I)

Foolish Dictionary: Lobster (litho)
6004640 Foolish Dictionary: Lobster (litho) by Goldsmith, Wallace (1873-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lobster. Illustration for the Foolish Dictionary by Gideon Wurdz with a Few Pictures by)

Foolish Dictionary: Kerosene, Keyhole (litho)
6004639 Foolish Dictionary: Kerosene, Keyhole (litho) by Goldsmith, Wallace (1873-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kerosene, Keyhole)

Foolish Dictionary: Baby (litho)
6004629 Foolish Dictionary: Baby (litho) by Goldsmith, Wallace (1873-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baby. Illustration for the Foolish Dictionary by Gideon Wurdz with a Few Pictures by)

Foolish Dictionary: Carnegie-itis (litho)
6004626 Foolish Dictionary: Carnegie-itis (litho) by Goldsmith, Wallace (1873-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carnegie-itis)

A critical moment, German humorous military postcard (colour litho)
6031197 A critical moment, German humorous military postcard (colour litho) by Schonpflug, Fritz (1873-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: A critical moment, German humorous military postcard)

Animals laughing at a couple visiting the zoo (colour litho)
6031061 Animals laughing at a couple visiting the zoo (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Animals laughing at a couple visiting the zoo)

Dollies: Jujuba (colour litho)
6027918 Dollies: Jujuba (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Jujuba. Illustration for More Dollies)

Dollies: The Twins (colour litho)
6027913 Dollies: The Twins (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Twins. Illustration for More Dollies)

Dollies: The Highlander (colour litho)
6027911 Dollies: The Highlander (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Highlander. Illustration for More Dollies)

Dollies: Blackman the Giant (colour litho)
6027910 Dollies: Blackman the Giant (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blackman the Giant)

Dollies: Smiler (colour litho)
6027903 Dollies: Smiler (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Smiler. Illustration for More Dollies)

Dollies: Dinah (colour litho)
6027896 Dollies: Dinah (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dinah. Illustration for More Dollies)

The Lighter Side of English Life: "Foreigners be in the main woeful ignorant"(colour litho)
6024068 The Lighter Side of English Life: " Foreigners be in the main woeful ignorant" (colour litho) by Belcher

The Lighter Side of English Life: "People find themselves in the set that suits them"(colour litho)
6024053 The Lighter Side of English Life: " People find themselves in the set that suits them" (colour litho) by Belcher

Group of children fishing from a bridge (colour litho)
5234783 Group of children fishing from a bridge (colour litho) by Buxton, Dudley (c 1885-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group of children fishing from a bridge)

Letter V, Voluptuous Vegetarians Vacuum Visibly Vanishing (colour litho)
5217849 Letter V, Voluptuous Vegetarians Vacuum Visibly Vanishing (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter V)

Letter H, Hefty Housewife Heartlessly Harrying Her Hapless Henpecked Husband (colour litho)
5217834 Letter H, Hefty Housewife Heartlessly Harrying Her Hapless Henpecked Husband (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter H)

Letter F, Footlight Favourites Fairy Figure Furiously Fluttering Fair Females Feelings (colour litho)
5217832 Letter F, Footlight Favourites Fairy Figure Furiously Fluttering Fair Females Feelings (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter F)

Schoolteacher teaching her pupils about Adam (colour litho)
5999903 Schoolteacher teaching her pupils about Adam (colour litho) by Maurice, Reg (fl.c.1900-30); Private Collection; (add.info.: Schoolteacher teaching her pupils about Adam)

King Henry VIII thinking of his wives (litho)
5997684 King Henry VIII thinking of his wives (litho) by Harrison, Charles (d.1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: King Henry VIII thinking of his wives)

Cover illustration for A Humorous History of England by Charles Harrison (colour litho)
5997683 Cover illustration for A Humorous History of England by Charles Harrison (colour litho) by Harrison, Charles (d.1943); Private Collection; (add.info)

Foolish Dictionary: Sympathy (litho)
6004641 Foolish Dictionary: Sympathy (litho) by Goldsmith, Wallace (1873-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sympathy. Illustration for the Foolish Dictionary by Gideon Wurdz with a Few Pictures)

Foolish Dictionary: Oar, Obesity (litho)
6004635 Foolish Dictionary: Oar, Obesity (litho) by Goldsmith, Wallace (1873-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oar, Obesity)

Up and down the Atlantic (litho)
6004007 Up and down the Atlantic (litho) by Chesterman, Hugh (1884-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Up and down the Atlantic)

Crosser and crosser (litho)
6004003 Crosser and crosser (litho) by Chesterman, Hugh (1884-1941); Private Collection; (add.info.: Crosser and crosser. Illustration for Crusaders by Hugh Chesterman (Shakespeare Head Press)

Illustration for Chantecler by Benjamin Rabier (colour litho)
6003438 Illustration for Chantecler by Benjamin Rabier (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info)

A tennis craze takes over the streets (litho)
6001745 A tennis craze takes over the streets (litho) by Kahles, Charles William (1878-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: A tennis craze takes over the streets)

People going to the movie theatre at Yapps Crossing (litho)
6001728 People going to the movie theatre at Yapps Crossing (litho) by Kahles, Charles William (1878-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: People going to the movie theatre at Yapps Crossing)

Cartoon depicting how the United States is seen around the world (litho)
6001723 Cartoon depicting how the United States is seen around the world (litho) by Kahles, Charles William (1878-1931); Private Collection; (add.info)

Catching June Brides in prehistoric times (litho)
6001666 Catching June Brides in prehistoric times (litho) by Gruelle, John B. (1880-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Catching June Brides in prehistoric times)

May Day at the school (litho)
6001659 May Day at the school (litho) by Gruelle, John B. (1880-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: May Day at the school. Illustration for Judges Magazine, 1915.); © Look and Learn

Letter T, Truculent Turk Trying To Tempt Timid Turtle Towards Tureen (colour litho)
5217846 Letter T, Truculent Turk Trying To Tempt Timid Turtle Towards Tureen (colour litho) by Hammond, William (fl.1913); Private Collection; (add.info.: Letter T)

The Jubilant Forest (colour litho)
6031084 The Jubilant Forest (colour litho) by Rabier, Benjamin (1869-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Jubilant Forest)

Dollies: Mollie (colour litho)
6027912 Dollies: Mollie (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mollie. Illustration for More Dollies)

Dollies: Policeman (colour litho)
6027907 Dollies: Policeman (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: Policeman. Illustration for More Dollies)

Dollies: The Coachman (colour litho)
6027901 Dollies: The Coachman (colour litho) by Cobb, Ruth (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Coachman. Illustration for More Dollies)

The Lighter Side of English Life: "He could have got new panelling for the price"(colour litho)
6024060 The Lighter Side of English Life: " He could have got new panelling for the price" (colour litho) by Belcher

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"From George Formby to Dr Who: A Journey Through the World of Comics" Step into a world where imagination knows no bounds, as we explore the captivating realm of comics. Transport yourself back in time with Punch cartoons like "Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames, " showcasing the wit and satire that has made this publication an iconic part of British culture. Or delve into the fantastical universe of Dr Who and The Daleks, where thrilling adventures await at every turn. The opening scene alone is enough to send shivers down your spine. Travel across continents to Osaka, Japan, where manga comic books reign supreme. Witness a man browsing through these vibrant pages, each one telling its own unique story and captivating readers young and old. But let's not forget the power of comedy within comics. Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise meet John Thaw from The Sweeney in a hilarious crossover that will leave you in stitches. And who could resist Morecombe and Wise as clowns? Their comedic genius shines through even without saying a word. Yet amidst all the laughter lies deeper themes - like in "The Pobble Who Has No Toes, " a poignant tale told through vivid color lithography that reminds us how precious our limbs truly are. Even renowned author P. G. Wodehouse makes an appearance, his cigar-smoking portrait capturing his larger-than-life personality that brought joy to millions through his timeless stories. However, it's important to acknowledge darker aspects too - such as alcoholism depicted in "Mottos of the Week. " These chromolithographs serve as sobering reminders about addiction's grip on society. So whether you're captivated by historical engravings or colorful contemporary illustrations, they have something for everyone. They transport us beyond reality while reflecting our deepest fears and desires – making them an art form worth celebrating on St Crispin's Day or any other day.