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 cartoons from 1844-1916.
The sheet size is about 8 x 10 3/4 inches and the cartoons are printed on both sides 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.

THE PROBABLE SOURCE OF THESE PRINTS IS "CARTOONS FROM PUNCH" PUBLISHED BY BRADBURY, AGNEW & CO OF LONDON IN 1906

SIDE A

EATING THE LEEK

Fluellen...Mr. Cobden
Pistol...Mr. Disraeli

Fluellen—"I pray you fall to; if you can Mock a Leek, you can Eat a Leek."
—Hen. V.

SIDE B

A SCENE FROM ENGLISH HISTORY

QUEEN ELEANOR AND FIAR ROSAMOND

(1852)

$20
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SIDE A

A BIT OF ANIMATED NATURE

THE PROTECTIONIST CUCKOO IN THE HEDGE SPARROW'S NEST

SIDE B

AN EASY PLACE

The Judicious Bottle-Holder—"Well, Dizzy, how do you like your Place?"

D'I------i—"O, Jolly! Capital Wages, and only got to Carry out these Light Things at present."

(1852)

$25
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SIDE A

THE GREAT DERBY DAY

Rt. Hon. Mr. Punch—"Now, My Lord, which do you Declare to Win with—Free Trade, or Protection?"

SIDE B

THE DERBY DRAG

(1852)

$10
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large spot in image, scuffing, trimmed margins)

SIDE A

THE DOWNING STREET CAD

Conductor—"Would any 'Party go Out to oblige a Lady?"

SIDE B

THE "CALCULATING" BOY GETS A PRIZE FOR ARITHMETIC

(1852)

$20
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SIDE A

REASONING WITH AN IRISH
FREE AND INDEPENDENT

Priest—"There, ye Rascal! Stop there till ye're convinced to only Vote the way I tell yez; or it's niver Marry or Bury Ye that I will?"

SIDE B

THE RECENT ABSURD CASE OF PLEDGING

Dizzy—"Its's the Portrait of an Eminent Protectionist I've obtained to illustrate my Great National Work."
Pawnbroker—"Ah, I dare say! But I couldn't lend anything upon it! It isn't the Sort of Thing that's Wanted now-a-days."

(1852)

$15
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SIDE A

NO DANGER!
(VERY DISRESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE PEACE SOCIETY.)

SIDE B

THE NEW CREW

"NOW, GENTLEMEN—PULL TOGETHER THIS TIME, IF YOU PLEASE."

(1852)

$20
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SIDE A

THE POLITICAL TOPSY

"I 'spects Nobody can't do Nothin' with Me?"
—Vide "Uncle Tom's Cabin."

SIDE B

ALL BUT HATCHED!

(1852)

$20
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SIDE A

THE PROTECTION GIANT

"Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum!
I smell the blood of an Englishman;

Be he Alive, or be he Dead,
I'll grind his Bones to make my Bread."

SIDE B

"THE GAME OF SPECULATION"
(AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, ST. STEPHEN'S)

(1852)

$20
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SIDE A

NAPOLEON THE LITTLE
AND HIS BROKEN DRUM.

( A Prophecy for the Prince President.")

SIDE B

SCENE FROM "THE PRESIDENTS PROGRESS." (SUGGESTED BY HOGARTH.)

(1852)

$20
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SIDE A

A DIP IN THE FREE TRADE SEA.

"There, take off his coat like a good little Ben, and come to his Cobden."

SIDE B

JOHN AND JONATHAN

PUNCH. — "Now, Master Bull, what's all this Noise about?'
MASTER BULL. — "If you please, Sir, young Jonathan wanted my Dinner, and a Fish Bone stuck in his Throat. But it's all right now."

(1852)

$20
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SIDE A

THE HOMEOPATHIC MINISTER.

"You see, Mr. John Bull, large Doss of Reform are bad for your Constitution. But here is a Globule, of Infinitesimal Bill, which, etc., etc."

SIDE B

FOOLISH AND IMPUDENT TRICK.
WATERING THE EDITOR'S INKSTAND

(1852)

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SIDE A

A CONSULTATION ABOUT THE STATE OF TURKEY

SIDE B

CLOSING OF THE EXHIBITION

(1853)

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SIDE A

THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM

SIDE B

UNCEREMONIOUS TREATMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM

(1853)

$20
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SIDE A

THE OLD 'UN AND THE YOUNG 'UN.

Old Nicholas. — "Now then, Austria, just help me to to finish the Porte."

SIDE B

IMPUDENT ROBBERY OF A TRAVELLER AT AN ENGLISH HOTEL

THE POOR GENTLEMAN WAS FIRST KNOCKED DOWN BY A HEAVY BILL, AND THEN PLUNDERED

(1853)

$20
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SIDE A

THE CAMP AT COBHAM — A COLD IN THE HEAD.

Jones (a Batman).—"Did you sound, Sir?"
Officer.—"Yes, Joles. Bring me my Bucket of Gruel, as sool as I've Tallowed by Loze." (Catarrhic for Nose.)

SIDE B

THE EMPEROR'S CUP FOR 1853, OR TURKEY RHUBARB

(1853)

$20
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SIDE A

A TERRIBLE TURK

"I WILL FIGHT! HE HIT ME FIRST!"

SIDE B

WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS

Young Palmerston (a sharp clever Boy)—"Oh, Crikey! What a Scotch Mull of a Prime Minister!"
[That may be, but it is not Pretty to say so.—Punch

(1853)

$20
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SIDE A

POLITICAL "TIP-CAT"—
A MONSTROUS NUISANCE

SIDE B

POOR LITTLE MO'

Lord Sh---sb-y—"Don't make a Noise here—You'll get no Relief from this 'House,' I promise You."

(1853)

$15
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SIDE A

THE INVASION STAKES—LAYING THE ODDS

SIDE B

STRAIT WAISTCOAT

WORKED BY THE WOMEN OF ENGLAND FOR THE OPPONENTS OF NATIONAL DEFENCES

(1853)

$20
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SIDE A

THE MINISTERIAL SPLIT

Palmerston—"I'll just frighten them a little."

SIDE B

ABERDEEN SMOKING THE PIPE OF PEACE

(1853)

$20
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