Punch, the magazine of humour and satire, ran from 1841 until its closure in 2002. A very British institution with an international reputation for its witty and irreverent take on the world, it published the work of some of the greatest comic writers (Thackeray, P G Wodehouse and P J O’Rourke among others) and gave us the cartoon as we know it today. Its political cartoons swayed governments while its social cartoons captured life in the 19th and 20th centuries. The world’s finest cartoonists appeared in Punch: such great names as Tenniel, E H Shepard, Fougasse, and Pont.

Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer the following original cartoons from 1844-1916.
The sheet size is about 8 x 10 3/4 inches and the cartoons from 1915-1916 are printed on one side of the paper, unless noted. Please click on a thumbnail to see an enlarged view. Condition is mostly excellent with slight corner or edge wear. The earlier cartoons from the 1840s and 1850s may have some foxing and/or light image transference.

THESE ARE ORIGINAL PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI CARTOONS FROM THE YEARS STATED, NOT REPRODUCTIONS!

[TEXT VERSO]

REINFORCED CONCRETE

John Bull. If you need assurance, Sir, you may like to know that you have the loyal support of all decent people in this country."

(June 2, 1915)

$20

[TEXT VERSO]

THE DAMOSEL I LEFT BEHIND

Recruiting poster in the style of the new decorative school

(June 2, 1915)

$10

[BLANK VERSO]

THE DOGS OF WAR

The Roumanian dog. "I say, that's a sight that makes you strain at the leash—what?"
The Bulgarian Dog. "Ra-ther!"

(June 2, 1915)

$20

[BLANK VERSO]

THE WORD LORD

Kaiser (to Uncle Sam). "Everything can be explained: I can put the whole thing in a nutshell, if you'll only listen to me for three years, or the duration of the war."

(June 9, 1915)

$25

[BLANK VERSO]

ON THE BLACK LIST

Kaiser (as Executioner). "I'm going to hang you."

Punch. "Oh, you are, are you? Well, you don't seem to know how the scene ends. It's the hangman that gets hanged."

(June 16, 1915)

$20

[BLANK VERSO]

SOME BIRD

The Returning Dove (to President Woodrow Noah). "Nothing doing."

The Eagle. "Say, Boss, what's the matter with trying me?"

(June 16, 1915)

$25

[TEXT VERSO]

COVER FOR SHIRKERS

It is daily requiring more and more courage for the man of military age not in uniform to be seen enjoying outdoor pleasures.

(June 16, 1915)

$15

[BLANK VERSO]

INJURED INNOCENCE

Citizen of Karlsruhe. "Himmel! to attack a peaceful town so far from the theatre of operations! It is unheard of. What devil taught them this wickedness?"

[Airmen of the Allies have bombarded Karlsruhe, the headquarters of the 14th German Army Corps. The town contains an important arsenal and large chemical, engineering and railway works.]

(June 23, 1915)

$20

[SIDE A]

THE LITTLE INCONVENIENCES OF WAR
[GOLF DURING WARTIME]

(June 23, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

A FIELD DAY WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS

(June 23, 1915)

[BLANK VERSO]

THE RETURN OF ULYSSES

[M. Venezelos has been returned at the head of a party commanding an overwhelming majority.]

(June 23, 1915)

$20

[TEXT VERSO]

IN THE EASTERN ARENA

[It was the policy of the retarius to retreat in order to gather his net together for a fresh cast.]

(June 30, 1915)

$20

[PRINTER'S LOGO, INFO. VERSO]

[JUNE 30, 1915 COVER OF PUNCH, VOL. CXLVIII]

(June 30, 1915)

$30

[SIDE A]

OUR VOLUNTEERS

"My husband belongs to the Authors' Brigade. They're getting on splendidly—in fact, I believe they're going into a third edition."

(June 30, 1915)

$10

[SIDE B]

HUMOURS OF A REMOUNT CAMP

"How happy could I be with either."

(June 30, 1915)

[BLANK VERSO]

THE NEW CAPITALIST

British Workman. "Come on, mate. Here goes for a dollar's worth of stake in the country. Very little helps."

(June 30, 1915)

$20

[SIDE A]

MR. PUNCH'S HOLIDAY PAGES

The Goldsteins rent for the Summer months a castle on the sea coast. A brilliant guest (depicted in the middle of the foreground) suggests that the ancestral armour which goes with the place might be utilised for the protection of bathers against submarine attacks. The house-party is quick to adopt this happy suggestion.

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

Volunteer Recruit. "I'm fed up with this trench diggin', Sir. When does the lootin' begin?"

"Hands up! You're my prisoner!"

"Your prisoner! How can I be when I'm standing on your commandant?"

(July 7, 1915)

[BLANK VERSO]

READY AND WAITING

Member of Volunteer Training Corps (to President of Local Government Board). "What can I do? Ah! I'm glad they've asked me that at last. I shall tell them I'm one of half-a-million volunteer soldiers who've been waiting for a job for the last six months."

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE A]

Boatman (narrating incident of air-raid on his town). "And they say as 'os they put something in the bombs to start a terrible thirst. Leastways I've ad one ever since."

Special Constables should consider themselves "on duty" in all places where they observe infringement of the law.

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

A PUNT PATROL

A ZEPPELIN PICNIC

(July 7, 1915)

[SIDE A]

ANOTHER "FORTIFIED" WATERING-PLACE

A CHALLENGE

Sentry. "Who goes there?"

Bashful Maiden (recognising cavalier of a previous evening on the pier). "Fr—, I mean acquaintance."

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

The new periscope for the back-stroke—to obviate collisions.

Golfer (as aircraft drops bombs on links). "There, Caddie, you have the character of the German in a nutshell—puts me off my shot, and isn't sportsman enough to replace the divots.

(July 7, 1915)

[SIDE A]

Energetic Platoon-Commander. "Don't PANT."

Sergeant (to plutocrat). "Now then, Number Three, look up! All the cigar ends 'ave been picked up long ago!"

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

A HINT TO THE RAILWAY COMPANIES

Let them decide that things are not as usual this year and advertise things as they are.

[CLEEKTON LINKS]

[BREEZY BRIGHTMOUTH]

(July 7, 1915)

[SIDE A]

A HINT TO THE RAILWAY COMPANIES

[NORTHEND-ON-SEA]

[DIMPORT]

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

WAR-TIME HOLIDAYS (P. 24)

Why travel by rail? Make a route-march of it.

And why lodging?

Away with bones and banjo. Let's have martial music.

(July 7, 1915)

[SIDE A]

WAR-TIME HOLIDAYS (P. 25)

The children might be taught the elements of military training.

And why not run a pleasure-submarine?

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

WAR-TIME HOLIDAYS (P. 26)

Bathing-machines might be used for anti-aircraft defence.
or
in emergency for field guns.

The armoured deck-chair (1d extra).

(July 7, 1915)

[SIDE A]

WAR-TIME HOLIDAYS (P. 27)

A hint to beach photographers.

Bathing costumes should have the military touch.

Buskers' early morning parade.

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

FRIGHTFULNESS
[There is a possibility that a mild form of "Frightfulness" may enter into our everyday life as one of teh consequences of the War.]

A client indicates to a portrait-painter that he has not quite caught his wife's expression.

A customer objects to a few excessive charges in her grocery bill.

(July 7, 1915)

[SIDE A]

FRIGHTFULNESS

A boarder points out to his landlady that his breakfast egg is not altogether to his taste.

A visitor signifies his disapproval of an item in the Pierrot's programme.

(July 7, 1915)

$15

[SIDE B]

NATIONAL SERVICE IN THE HOLIDAYS

(July 7, 1915)

[LEFT SIDE, BLANK VERSO]

THE WAR SPIRIT

[DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD]

(July 7, 1915)

$20
[LOWER MARGIN TRIMMED OR PRINTED TOO LOW]

[RIGHT SIDE, BLANK VERSO]

THE WAR SPIRIT

[DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD]

[BLANK VERSO]

HOMAGE À LA FRANCE!

[July 7th is to be dedicated by Great Britain to her gallant French Allies...]

(July 7, 1915)

$35

[BLANK VERSO]

THE ENEMY M.P.

Mr. Punch. "These self-advertising pro-Germans make me sick. What we want is a censorship of parliamentary reports."

(July 14, 1915)

$30

[BLANK VERSO]

PRIDE BEFORE THE "FALL"

William Senior. "There will be no winter campaign. The war will be over in October."

William Junior. "Poor old father! He says that every year."

[In 1914 the Kaiser promised his troops that they should be "back in the dear old Fatherland before the fall of the leaves."]

(July 14, 1915)

$25

PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI CARTOONS (1915)
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