Punch Collection (#4)

Mr Punch wincing at having to consume the number of lemons
3585685 Mr Punch wincing at having to consume the number of lemons; (add.info.: Mr Punch wincing at having to consume the number of lemons prescribed per diem by WILHELM SCHMOELE)

Lord John Russell, 1850
3585534 Lord John Russell, 1850; (add.info.: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (1792 - 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861

Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden
FLO4577786 Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold and driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch

Rubber wheels for bycicles, Cartoon from Punch 1911 (engraving)
5616660 Rubber wheels for bycicles, Cartoon from Punch 1911 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Penny Farthing Bicycle
5616739 A Penny Farthing Bicycle; (add.info.: Punch illustration showing a Penny Farthing Bicycle 1879. 01/01/1879); Universal History Archive/UIG

Professional Women
2602596 Professional Women; (add.info.: Professional Women, Cartoon poking fun at the idea of women barristers by ridiculing women's fashions)

The laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858
3478896 The laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable, 1858; (add.info.: Cartoon from Punch, 1858, at the time of the laying of the Atlantic telegraph cable)

Smoking is not Universally Popular!, 1888
1574604 Smoking is not Universally Popular!, 1888; (add.info.: Smoking is not universally popular! Young man in a railway Smoking carriage afraid to light his cigar when confroted by formidable)

The Railway Juggernaut of 1845: Railway-mad investors falling down in front of the juggernaut of railway speculation
527920 The Railway Juggernaut of 1845: Railway-mad investors falling down in front of the juggernaut of railway speculation. Cartoon from Punch, London, 1845.; Universal History Archive/UIG

The Poor Man's Friend': Cartoon by John Leech from Punch, London, February 1845
527863 The Poor Man's Friend': Cartoon by John Leech from Punch, London, February 1845, showing Death as the friend of the old or sick unemployed manual labourer

The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush
533989 The Californian Balloon Railway, a novel way of travelling to the Californian Gold Rush. Cartoon from Punch London 1849

General strike in Britain, 1926. Mr Punch thanking members of the British public who kept essential services running
527257 General strike in Britain, 1926. Mr Punch thanking members of the British public who kept essential services running during the strike

Regency gentlemen in top hats playing bowls on a bowling green. The Bowling Alley, Worcester
FLO4619292 Regency gentlemen in top hats playing bowls on a bowling green. The Bowling Alley, Worcester, or Characters of the Hand and Glove Club

Regency dinner party at the home of a bourgeois family. Liston and the Lambkins, or the Citizens Dinner Party
FLO4619079 Regency dinner party at the home of a bourgeois family. Liston and the Lambkins, or the Citizens Dinner Party. Handcoloured copperplate drawn

Regency gamblers playing English Hazard in the gambling hell, Fishmongers Hall. A gambler claims the dice are weighted
FLO4618964 Regency gamblers playing English Hazard in the gambling hell, Fishmongers Hall. A gambler claims the dice are weighted. The Interior of Modern Hell, empty the Cogged Dice

A Schumacher Bicycle
5616679 A Schumacher Bicycle; (add.info.: Illustration showing a Schumacher Bicycle from Punch 1869. 01/01/1869); Universal History Archive/UIG

A man who cannot afford tobacco for his pipe
5616621 A man who cannot afford tobacco for his pipe; (add.info.: Punch cartoon about a man who cannot afford tobacco for his pipe circa 1885. 01/01/1885); Universal History Archive/UIG

Anti-Tobacco cartoon
5616617 Anti-Tobacco cartoon; (add.info.: Anti-Tobacco cartoon, (English) circa 1878. Punch. 01/01/1878); Universal History Archive/UIG

Anti-Tobacco cartoon
5616616 Anti-Tobacco cartoon; (add.info.: Anti-Tobacco cartoon, (English) circa 1878. Punch. 01/01/1878); Universal History Archive/UIG

A Penny Farthing Bicycle
5616741 A Penny Farthing Bicycle; (add.info.: Punch illustration showing a Penny Farthing Bicycle 1889. 01/01/1889); Universal History Archive/UIG

A man locking away his Penny Farthing Bicycle
5616740 A man locking away his Penny Farthing Bicycle; (add.info.: Illustration showing a man locking away his Penny Farthing Bicycle 1887. 01/01/1887); Universal History Archive/UIG

Telegraph cable linking Britain and her colony India, 1850
3479166 Telegraph cable linking Britain and her colony India, 1850; (add.info.: The telegraph cable linking Britain and her colony India is depicted as a conversation between John Bull and Britannia)

Votes for women, 1910
3479919 Votes for women, 1910; (add.info.: Votes for women. An officer congratulates a woman on getting the vote. She responds by observing that it only applies to women over 30)

Women's Suffrage, 1910
3479918 Women's Suffrage, 1910; (add.info.: Women's Suffrage. Two suffragettes joke about their intentions for a bonfire.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Adoring young man holds a hank of wool, 1889 (engraving)
2602712 Adoring young man holds a hank of wool, 1889 (engraving); (add.info.: Adoring young man holds a hank of wool for his sweetheart to wind into a ball)

American Civil War interrupted England's cotton supply
2602595 American Civil War interrupted England's cotton supply; (add.info.: American Civil War interrupted supplies of raw cotton to England's Lancashire cotton mills)

Cartoon making fun of the craze for mediums
2602590 Cartoon making fun of the craze for mediums; (add.info.: Cartoon by John Leech from 'Punch' making fun of the London craze for mediums, table-turning)

Plight of discredited mediums
2602568 Plight of discredited mediums; (add.info.: John Leech cartoon on the plight of discredited mediums after the exposure of Daniel Douglas Home's frauds)

Cartoon supporting the conviction of a medium
2602567 Cartoon supporting the conviction of a medium; (add.info.: Cartoon supporting the conviction of the medium Dr Monck for duping gullible people with his fraudulent spiritualism)

Cartoon on the craze for seances
2602566 Cartoon on the craze for seances; (add.info.: Cartoon on the craze for seances and table turning when the medium Daniel Douglas Home was practising in London)

Sir Henry Morton Stanley
3585559 Sir Henry Morton Stanley; (add.info.: Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (1841 - 1904) Welsh-American, journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa

Lord John Russell, 1854
3585532 Lord John Russell, 1854; (add.info.: Lord John Russell (1792-1878). English statesman, In February 1854 he introduced a new Reform Bill, but had to withdraw it in April of the same year

The famous chef Soyer
3585921 The famous chef Soyer; (add.info.: Punch cartoon illustration depicting the famous chef Soyer after he resigned as chef of the reform club in London)

Sir Henry Morton Stanley
3585558 Sir Henry Morton Stanley; (add.info.: Sir Henry Morton Stanley GCB (1841 - 1904) Welsh-American, journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa

John Ruskin
3585546 John Ruskin; (add.info.: John Ruskin (8 February 1819 - 20 January 1900) was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist

Edison's phonomotor which used the energy generated by speech to drive a flywheel, 1878
3478792 Edison's phonomotor which used the energy generated by speech to drive a flywheel, 1878; (add.info.: Edison's phonomotor which used the energy generated by speech to drive a flywheel)

A conversation between a surly cab driver and his customer, 1888
3478942 A conversation between a surly cab driver and his customer, 1888; (add.info.: Punch cartoon 1888 depicting a conversation between a surly cab driver and his customer)

Having one's haircut, by one of the new lady barbers, 1868
3478867 Having one's haircut, by one of the new lady barbers, 1868; (add.info.: Cartoon from Punch, London, 1868, showing the pleasures and hazards of having one's hair eut)

The delayed launch of the SS Great Britain steamship, 1844
3478569 The delayed launch of the SS Great Britain steamship, 1844; (add.info.: Punch cartoon about the delayed launch of the SS Great Britain steamship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)

Anti-Smoking, 1868
1574622 Anti-Smoking, 1868; (add.info.: Aunt banning her nephew from smoking in the dining room but is glad to use the smoke from his pipe smoking to kill here insect enemies in the conservatory)

Anti-Smoking Cartoon, 1852
1574623 Anti-Smoking Cartoon, 1852; (add.info.: The determined smoker confronted by a railway official in the station waiting room)

Travelling Theatre (Punch and Judy) on a bridge in Paris. Boy plays a woodwind instrument as audience
542930 Travelling Theatre (Punch and Judy) on a bridge in Paris. Boy plays a woodwind instrument as audience, mainly of women and children watch the performance

William Bowman (1816- 1892) English anatomist, surgeon and ophthalmologist, born at Nantwich, Cheshire
542173 William Bowman (1816- 1892) English anatomist, surgeon and ophthalmologist, born at Nantwich, Cheshire. Cartoon in the Fancy Portraits series from Punch

World War I: American eagle swooping to guard the Atlantic, 1917 Engraving
530741 World War I: American eagle swooping to guard the Atlantic, 1917 Engraving; (add.info.: Cartoon by L. Ravenhill from Punch, London, 18 April, 1917)

The Garret and the Conservatory': Cleric with multiple livings cannot think why the poor were not content to go
527913 The Garret and the Conservatory': Cleric with multiple livings cannot think why the poor were not content to go home after Sunday service and spend the rest of the day there

Our Own Vivandiere': A plea for support for Mary Jane Seacoal (1805-1881) who, at her own expense
527541 Our Own Vivandiere': A plea for support for Mary Jane Seacoal (1805-1881) who, at her own expense, in 1855 went to the Crimea to nurse and care for the sick and wounded

Mr Bumble refusing Darby and Joan entry to the Workhouse together. Men and women were housed in separate wards
527877 Mr Bumble refusing Darby and Joan entry to the Workhouse together. Men and women were housed in separate wards and old couples were reluctant to spend their last days apart

The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for
527866 The English traveller, in the shape of John Bull, looking on in horror at what the railway companies were planning for him

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