Punch, or the London Charivari: An Introduction Victorian Web Home —> Periodicals —> Punch ] Titlepages of Punch. Left to right: (1) Punch as Dionysius worshipped by nymphs and at least one drum-playing satyr. (2) Triumphant Re-eection of Mr. Punch — Member for Everywhere. (3) Punch as St. George slaying the Dragon. The title of the famous magazine of Victorian humour, Punch, is probably short for Punchinello, adapted from the Neapolitan dialectal "polecenella," a young turkey cock, to the hooked bill of which the hooked nose of Punch's mask in the Commedia del Arte bears some resemblance. One evening at the beginning of June, 1841 Mark Lemon and Henry Mayhew , met at the Edinburgh Castle in the Strand, London, to discuss the possibility of starting a new comic journal. Lemon and Mayhew were both reforming liberals and the plan was to combine humour and political comment. Others invited to the original meeting included Douglas Jerrold, a journalist with the reputation for campaigning against poverty, and John Leech , a medical student whose drawings had impressed Lemon.

During the meeting at the Edinburgh Castle, someone remarked that a humourous magazine, like good punch, needed lemon. Mayhew, remarked "A capital idea! Let's call the paper 'Punch'." Mark Lemon and Henry Mayhew found three other men to help finance the magazine, the printer, Joseph Last, the engraver, Ebenezer Landells and Stirling Coyne. Lemon and Mayhew recruited a team of young journalists and artists. Douglas Jerrold was probably the most important journalist on the magazine, but other writers who contributed included Shirley Brooks, William Wills and William Makepeace Thackeray . As well as John Leech, who was with the magazine from the start, Richard Doyle and Archibald Henning produced the drawings. ( Thus, Punch, or the London Charivari , the famous illustrated magazine of humour, was founded by journalists Henry Mayhew (1812-87), Joseph Stirling Coyne (1803-68), and Mark Lemon (1809-7) in 1841 (first number published on 17 July).

At first, a strongly radical journal, it gradually mellowed in outlook over the 1850s. One or two such comic papers had already appeared in London in the 1830s, notably Figaro in London (1831-9), edited first by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, and then by Henry Mayhew, and Punchinello (1832) illustrated by George Cruikshank . Early imitators of Figaro were Mark Lemon's Punch in London and Thomas Hood's annual Comic Offering . Meantime, in Paris, Philippon's Charivari was all the rage, so it occurred to Ebenezer Landells, a draughtsman and wood-engraver, that a similar illustrated paper might do well in London. He submitted the idea to the popular journalist Henry Mayhew, who in turn enlisted the support of Mark Lemon, the well-known humourist, journalist, and dramatist.

In December 1842, owing to financial difficulties (although early numbers of Punch sold 6,000 copies a week, sales of at least 10,000 were needed to cover costs), the firm of Bradbury and Evans, both printers and publishers, acquired the magazine. The firm made the most of its capital investment in presses and types by printing both Punch and the novels of Dickens and Thackeray. Under its first editor, Lemon, Punch provided an outlet for comic writers such as Thackeray and such comic artists as John Leech, Richard Doyle, John Tenniel , Charles Keene (whose first drawing appeared in 1851, and who joined the staff in 1860), and George Du Maurier (who began contributing in 1860, and joined the staff in 1864), all of whom were also noted book illustrators. Other cartoonists who worked for Punch during this period included Harry Furniss, Linley Sambourne, Francis Carruthers Gould, and Phil May.

This group usually referred to itself as "The Punch Brotherhood," although to outsiders they were "those Punch people." In the 1840s a number of them were closely associated with Charles Dickens, who abandoned Chapman and Hall for Bradbury and Evans, the publishers of Punch, after they failed to secure him ï¿½1,000 clear on the December 1843, publication of A Christmas Carol . The magazine's artists were closely associated with the subsequent Christmas Books , John Leech being the principal illustrator for each of succeeding four. Furthermore, Mark Lemon, John Leech, Henry Mayhew, Douglas Jerrold, and Gilbert à Beckett played alongside Dickens in such amateur productions as Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour (1844). With Dickens the Brotherhood shared what were regarded as "radical" sentiments, including cynicism about government and a genuine concern about the welfare of the working poor. Employers who treated their workers badly were also condemned.

In 1843 Punch Magazine published Thomas Hood's poem "The Song of the Shirt." This powerful indictment of capitalism was supported by cartoons such as "Capital and Labour" and "Cheap Clothing", by John Leech, that illustrated the growth of inequality that was taking place in Britain during the 1840s. The magazine also campaigned against the Corn Laws , the 1834 Poor Law and reform of parliament. although Punch Magazine supported Moral Force Chartists it was totally opposed to those such as Feargus O'Connor who advocated the use of force to obtain the vote. [ although there were still some social and political campaigns that Mark Lemon did support, such as a reduction in the hours of shopworkers and attacks on the the bungling of the Crimean War , after 1850, the magazine began more and more to reflect the conservative views of that the growing portion of the British middle class that were the Punch readership. Though comic monthlies such as William Harrison Ainsworth 's Ainsworth's Magazine (1842-54) and various Christmas annuals continued to appear, Punch reigned supreme in the category of humorous journals.

Its satire often had a political subject, such as the Second Reform Bill (1866-7) and parliamentary debates concerning Irish Home Rule in the 1880s. The journal not only attacked such politicians as Prime Ministers Sir Robert Peel and Benjamin Disraeli , but even royalty; on one occasion, the journal pointed out that while Prince Albert's annual stipend was ï¿½30,000, the total amount spent on educating the poor in England was only ï¿½10,000. The only serious threat to Punch was Fun, which featured the humour of W. S. Gilbert .

After Lemon's death in 1870, the editorship passed to Shirley Brooks; in 1874, he in turn was replaced by a Scot, the radical dramatist Tom Taylor, author of some hundred pieces for the stage, including a protest against the penal system, The Ticket of Leave Man (1863), and, perhaps of more significance to Americans, Our American Cousin (1858), the comedy that President Lincoln was watching on the night of Good Friday, 14 April, 1865, when he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D. C. In 1880, F. C. Burnand took over from Taylor, his twenty-seven year tenure marking a pronounced decline in the magazine's radical sentiments. The remaining editors were Owen Seamen (1906-1932), E. V. Knox (1932-1949), Cyril Bird (1949-1952) and Malcolm Muggeridge (1953-1957). In the twentieth century Punch Magazine employed Britain's top cartoonists including F. H.

Townsend, Frank Reynolds, Bernard Partridge, Alexander Boyd, Sidney Sime, Henry M. Brock, Cyril Bird, H. M. Bateman, Jack B. Yeats, Leonard Raven-Hill, George Stampa, Frederick Pegram, Lewis Baumer, George Belcher, George Morrow, Edmund Sullivan , Bert Thomas, James Dowd, F. G. Lewin, A. Wallis Mills, David Low and Leslie Illingworth. [ According to The Oxford Companion to English Literature , From 1864 to 1956, the magazine used the famous cover drawing designed by Richard Doyle, when Muggeridge decided the journal needed a new look and had a different design, usually featuring Punch and his dog, Toby, each week. but retaining the original Doyle drawing at the top of the Charivari page.

punch or the london charivari - AbeBooks punch or the london charivari Hai cercato: Risultati (1 - 30) di 309 1 Punch, or The London Charivari Editore: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England (1933) Usato Magazine Prima edizione Spese di spedizione: EUR 3,29 In U.S.A. Destinazione, tempi e costi Descrizione libro: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England, 1933. Magazine. Condizione libro: Fair. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-3/4" by 11-1/4" and containing 48 internal pages. Containing political and social humor, spectacular cartoon art, and vintage advertisements. Of note in this issue is the full-page political cartoon entitled "The Temporary Triangle" showing Adolf Hitler sitting on the shoulders of von Hindenburg and von Papen, who are both singing "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" ("Aside: 'Confound him!'").

A note on condition: rear cover missing; very light water stain to upper right corner area of each page (not affecting pagination). Codice libro della libreria 009315 Punch, or The London Charivari Editore: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England (1936) Usato Magazine Prima edizione Spese di spedizione: EUR 3,29 In U.S.A. Destinazione, tempi e costi Descrizione libro: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England, 1936. Magazine. Condizione libro: Good. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-3/4" by 11-1/4" and containing 56 pages including front and rear covers. Containing political and social humor, spectacular cartoon art, and vintage advertisements. Of note in this issue is the haunting full-page political cartoon entitled "The Armoury of Mars: 1936" showing Mars opening the door to a Poison-Gas Factory.

Condition: staples rusted; light water stain to inside lower corner fold of each page (not affecting pagination); in light to moderately worn covers. Codice libro della libreria 009316 Punch, or The London Charivari Editore: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England (1937) Usato Magazine Prima edizione Spese di spedizione: EUR 3,29 In U.S.A. Destinazione, tempi e costi Descrizione libro: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England, 1937. Magazine. Condizione libro: Good. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-3/4" by 11-1/4" and containing 60 pages including front and rear covers. Containing political and social humor, spectacular cartoon art, and vintage advertisements.

Of note in this issue is the full-page political cartoon entitled "Signs of the Times" showing "Bagman von Neurath" showing a Balkan a poster of the swastika (he asks, "Can I interest you in this new line of ours that we're showing, sir?"). Condition: staples lightly rusted; in edgeworn outer covers showing small corner chip. Codice libro della libreria 009317 Punch, or The London Charivari Editore: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England (1938) Usato Magazine Prima edizione Spese di spedizione: EUR 3,29 In U.S.A. Destinazione, tempi e costi Descrizione libro: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England, 1938. Magazine. Condizione libro: Fair. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A left-stapled magazine measuring 8-3/4" by 11-1/4" and containing 48 pages including front and rear covers. Containing political and social humor, spectacular cartoon art, and vintage advertisements.

Of note in this issue is the full-page political cartoon entitled "G.R.P." showing the Prime Minister and M. Daladier both as firemen having put out the flames of a building with firehoses ("Czechoslovak Problem" - the Prime Minister says, "We'd best stand by for a bit - you can never be sure that it won't start again"). Condition: staples rusted; narrow tears along outer fold; light moisture stain to corner area of each page (not affecting pagination). Codice libro della libreria 009318 Destinazione, tempi e costi Descrizione libro: BiblioLife, United States, 2009. Paperback. Condizione libro: New. 203 x 127 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience.

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Codice libro della libreria 9781103574803 Destinazione, tempi e costi Descrizione libro: Punch, or The London Charivari, London, England, 1918. Magazine. Condizione libro: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A bound volume in original gilt covers containing 466 internal pages, including Punch's Almanack for 1919. Containing political and social humor and packed with spectacular cartoon art, much on the First World War. To the rear pages is a most delightful two-page political cartoon in color and entitled "IF PARLIAMENT WERE CALLED UP" (showing various members of the Parliament in military uniform and the problems that ensue). Condition: narrow tears and edge chips to upper third of outer spine; light scuffing to corners of outer covers; internal pages in Fine condition. Extra postage will be required for international orders. Codice libro della libreria 009942 Destinazione, tempi e costi Descrizione libro: Punch Publications, 1905. Couverture souple.

Condizione libro: bon. In-4. RO60004733: 17 pages. Très nombreuses illustrations noir et blanc in et hors texte par différents illustrateurs. Light lunch after a private function, The visit to the British Fleet to Brest by Partridge, Giving her away , Offered an d(not) taken by Armour, Speeding the staying guest, A little learning, The temptress, Lobbying against the aliens bill, Wrestling with his notes, The very simple life by Gunning-King, Khaki caps, Revival of Euridice at Covent Garden. In-4 Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon. Codice libro della libreria RO60004733 CHARIVARI | Richard Ford Richard Ford Books, Printed Ephemera and Manuscripts CHARIVARI [ C. S. Keene [ Charles Samuel Keene ] (1823-1891), Punch illustrator; Henry Keene; M. Jackson ] Publication details: Drawing undated.

Jackson's letter on letterhead of 79 Warwick Road, Earl's Court, S.W. [ London ] 10 October 1891. £90.00 The three items are unconnected, but clearly derive from the papers of a descendant. All three are in good condition, with light signs of age. ONE: The charcoal drawing, in colours, is on a 13 x 19.5 cm piece of wove paper, and is an impressionistic representation of his head, close cropped and with eyes closed, sleeping or in death. TWO: The letter from 'M. Jackson' is 3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In it Jackson invites Henry Keene, shortly after C. S. Keywords: [ Linley Sambourne. ] Large printed 'Memorial Card', carrying engraving of 'the Liberal Monument to Mr. Gladstone erected within the Palace of Westminster'.

Author: Linley Sambourne [ Edward Linley Sambourne ] (1844-1910), English cartoonist and illustrator who worked with Punch [ William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898), Liberal Prime Minister ] Publication details: Without date or place. 'Linley Sambourne invt et delt V & C'. £85.00 Printed in black on one side of a 19 x 29 cm piece of stiff card, with rounded corners. In fair condition, lightly-aged, with 4cm vertical closed tear at head. The memorial to a stern-faced Gladstone is depicted - a setting sun blazing behind it - between two mythical seated women, Justice on the right, and a hooded woman with a hand mirror on the left. In the background are the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey. The card is made out in manuscript to 'Edward C Young' (with '186357' at foot), and the caption at the foot reads: 'This Memorial Card was issued to [ Edward C Young. Keywords: [ Sir John Tenniel and his Punch cartoons.

] Printed and illustrated invitation card to a private view of his drawings for 'Punch Cartoons'. Author: Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914), English illustrator, famed for his Punch cartoons and work with 'Lewis Carroll' (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) [ Punch, or the London Charivari; Fine Art Society ] Publication details: At the Fine Art Society's, 148 New Bond Street [ London ]. 30 March [ 1895 ]. £56.00 Printed in black on one side of a 12.5 x 17 cm card. In fair condition, on aged and creased paper, with a little light staining. To the right of the page is an illustration by Tenniel of Mr Punch holding Yorick's skull, while a pug dog looks on. Text reads: 'Sir John Tenniel requests the honour of a visit from [blank] and friend, On Saturday, March 30th, To the Private View of some of his Drawings for "Punch Cartoons," etc., At the Fine Art Society's, 148, New Bond Street. 10 to 6 o'clock.' Keywords: J.

M. Montefiore, Chairman, Mark Lemon Fund [ Mark Lemon (1809-1870), editor of 'Punch' ] Publication details: [ Mark Lemon Fund. ] 5 January 1872. £120.00 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Headed '"Mark Lemon Fund."' Begins with communication from 'J. M. Montefiore, Chairman', dated 'Crawley, Oct. 1871', appealing for assistance for the 'Widow and unmarried Daughters of the late MARK LEMON - for thirty years Editor of "Punch"'', who are in 'straitened circumstances'. A list of 154 subscribers follows, each with the amount pledged, beginning with 'Joseph M. Montefiore, Esq.' (£35) and including 'Wilkie Collins, Esq.' (£5), 'Mrs. Keywords: 'F.

C.' [original drawings for cartoons in Punch, or the London Charivari] Publication details: The cartoons were published in Punch (London): 26 August 1865; 18 May and 2 June 1866; 18 May 1869. £250.00 Four charming and amusing cartoons from Punch's golden age. All four are executed in a similar style, but the identity of the cartoonist or cartoonists is unknown. (The first of the two cartoons in Item Two below, as published by Punch, has the monogram signature 'F C' engraved in the bottom right-hand corner. No Punch cartoonist with these initials is apparent.) ONE: Captioned: 'Another Brilliant Idea, Only Brillianter!' 21 x 13.5cm. In good condition, on leaf of browned high-acidity paper torn from a notebook. Two men idle in a punt while two women hold up sheets. Keywords: Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857), playwright, journalist and contributor to Punch Publication details: Putney. 29 November [no year]. £28.00 1p., 32mo.

Good, on lightly-aged paper. The note reads: 'My dear Webster, | I have fasted all the week in joyful expectation of the 1st of December. | Every truly your's [sic] | Douglas Jerrold'. Keywords: [Shirley Brooks, editor of Punch.] Autograph Letter Signed to William Glen, commending his 'friend's verses', which have 'an echo of Keats in them'. Author: Shirley Brooks [Charles William Shirley Brooks] (1816-1874), journalist and novelist, editor of Punch, 1870-1874 [William Glen; the Literary Gazette] Publication details: On letterhead of the Literary Gazette Office, 4 Bouverie Street, EC [London]. 5 October [circa 1858]. £45.00 1p., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Brooks (who conducted the Literary Gazette between 1858 and 1859) writes that he has read Glen's 'friend's verses carefully, and with much pleasure. There is an echo of Keats in them, but no mere invitation.

Keywords: [Victorian homoeopathy; homoeopathic; Punch, or the London Charivari] Publication details: Without place or date. [From 'Punch's Almanack', London, 1859.] £80.00 1p.,12mo. Fifty-three lines of small type. Good, on lightly-aged and ruckled paper, with traces of mount on blank reverse. The item begins: 'MR. PUNCH is accustomed to receive letter and treaties, imploring him not to call homoeopathy fudge, and some of them attempting to assign reasons why he should not. In all these communications, the medical opponents of homoepathy are called "allopathists."' Later on the author comments: 'PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY is perhaps an allopathist; however he does not tell us on what principle his pills and ointments cure all diseases. Keywords: Autograph Note Signed from the editor of 'Punch' Mark Lemon, asking the publisher Frederick Chapman of Chapman & Hall to listen to a proposal from Joseph Swain, 'principal engraver upon Punch'.

Author: Mark Lemon (1809-1870), editor of 'Punch' [Frederick Chapman (1823-1895), partner in the London publishers Chapman & Hall; Joseph Swain (1820-1909), wood engraver] Publication details: On letterhead of the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street, with printed date 1853. £56.00 2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper, with reverse of second leaf laid down on part of leaf removed from album. Addressed to 'Fredk Chapman Esq', the letter reads: 'My dear Sir, | Will you hear what Mr Swaine [sic] (long since principal engraver upon Punch) has to say & if you can serve him you will oblige | Yours very truly | Mark Lemon'. Keywords: Bernard Partridge [Sir John Bernard Partridge] (1861-1945), cartoonist and illustrator, best-known for his work with 'Punch' Publication details: Without place or date.

£20.00 On one side of a 4.5 x 13 cm strip of paper, cut from the bottom of a letter. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All in Partridge's hand. Reads: '[...]ment of time occupied. | With many regrets, | I am truly yours, | Bernard Partridge.' Keywords: Autograph Letter Signed ('F. C. Bernand') from the humorist Sir Francis Cowley Burnand to the illustrator Harry Furniss, lamenting that there will be 'no dinner for the Punch boys' in Christmas week, and discussing an unsuccessful illustration. Author: F. C. Burnand [Sir Francis Cowley Burnand] (1836-1917), English humorist and dramatist, a main contributor to 'Punch' [Harry Furniss (1854-1925), 'Punch' caricaturist and illustrator] Publication details: On Burnand's letterhead, 27 The Boltons, SW [London], 8 December 1891. £56.00 2pp., landscape 12mo. Addressed to 'Dear Furniss'.

He is glad to hear of Furniss's success: 'Your tour ends after the last dinner but one of the year. No dinner Xmas week! awful that isn't it? When all are feasting no dinner for the Punch boys!!' He hopes Furniss will be 'here with us'. Had Furniss been 'on the spot' Burnand would have got him 'to substitute something for your John Bull picture in almanack which no one (I do not speak of "The Table" but of our best friends outside) comprehends. Keywords: Autograph Letter Signed ('F C B') from the humorist F. C. Burnand [Sir Francis Cowley Burnand], joking about a prophecy made by his 'Punch' colleague Harry Furniss in a letter to 'The Times', addressed to 'Dear H. F. Vates et Vox Stellarum'. Author: F. C.

Burnand [Sir Francis Cowley Burnand] (1836-1917), English humorist and dramatist, a main contributor to 'Punch' [Harry Furniss (1854-1925), 'Punch' caricaturist and illustrator] Publication details: On Bernand's letterhead, 27 The Boltons, SW [London], 21 July 1892. £80.00 2pp., landscape 12mo. On aged and dusty paper. This item is a jocular response to a letter by Furniss, printed in The Times of 21 July 1892 under the heading 'A Parliamentary Prophecy'. Both the Times letter and the present item are published in Furniss's 'Confessions of a Caricaturist' (1901), with other matter and the context explained. In this item Burnand teases Furniss about a misprint ('Is that setter-up-of-type still alive?

Keywords: Autograph Letter Signed from the satirist Percival Leigh to 'My dear Brooks' [fellow 'Punch' contributor Shirley Brooks], regarding his writing, the nature of the joke, the unsuitability of his Hampshire surroundings to literature, and other matters. Author: Percival Leigh (1813–1889), satirist, the first writer to carve his name into the 'Punch' table [Charles William Shirley Brooks (1816-1874), editor of 'Punch' from 1870 to his death] Publication details: Shirley Warren, near Southampton. 28 July 1865. £120.00 4pp., 12mo. Good, on lightly-aged paper. He considers the cut excellent, and is grateful to Brooks for having 'managed so well' with his article. 'Many such an article of mine has been sacrificed, though absolutely a pretty good one, and comparatively to that which stood in its place, superexcellent. But such is my luck.

By the by, don't measure the quantity of all that I do by what appeareth.' He reports that 'Fred is much amused with the verses on the Queen's first baby. I said that there are two men here besides himself who understand a joke. Keywords: Autograph Letter Signed ('W P Frith') from the artist William Powell Frith [W. P. Frith] to an unnamed correspondent [Lawrence Alma Tadema?], regarding a forthcoming lecture by the 'Punch' cartoonist and novelist George du Maurier. Author: William Powell Frith [W. P. Frith] (1819-1909), English genre painter [George du Maurier (1834-1896), 'Punch' cartoonist and author of 'Trilby'; Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), Victorian artist] Publication details: On letterhead of Ashenhurst, 7 Sydenham Rise, SE [London]. 13 May 1892. £56.00 1p., 12mo. Good, on lightl-aged paper.

He regrets that 'absence from London' will prevent him from 'attending the lecture' of his 'old friend Dumaurier', to whom he wishes 'every possible success'. He thanks the recipient for 'the compliment implied' in his invitation. On 25 May 1892 The Times reports a lecture that day at 'Prince's Hall: Mr. Du Maurier on "Social Pictorial Satire," Mr. Alma-Tadema, R.A., in the chair, 9.' Keywords: Autograph Letter Signed from the dramatist and editor of 'Punch' Tom Taylor to J. Watkins [the photographer John Watkins?], regarding the construction of a case for a portrait of him. Author: Tom Taylor (1817-1880), playwright and comic writer, author of 'The Ticket of Leave Man' (1863) and editor of 'Punch' [John & Charles Watkins, London photographers] Publication details: On letterhead of the Local Government Act Office, 8 Richmond Terrace, Whitehall; 30 January [1864?]. £60.00 3pp., 8vo. Bifolium.

Good, on lightly-aged paper, with remains of stub along one edge. Second leaf inserted into a paper windowpane mount. Written in a hurried and difficult hand. Taylor writes that he wishes to have a portrait put into a case 'by the workman you employ for such work'. He gives instructions, concluding 'The portrait I think the most satisfactory that has yet been taken of me.' The National Portrait Gallery possesses an albumen carte-de-visite of Taylor ('1864 or before') by John & Charles Watkins. Keywords: Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914), illustrators [Punch, or the London Charivari; Fenians; revolutionary plots] Publication details: From "Punch, or the London Charivari", November 30, 1867. £75.00 On paper roughly 33 x 25.5 cm. The illustration itself is clear and complete on lightly-aged paper. Creasing around extremities and to left of caption. Tenniel's monogram, with number 61, in bottom left-hand corner.

Britannia grips King Mob by the throat, while a paper crown (with 'MOB LAW' written on it) falls from his head. Keywords: Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914), illustrators [Punch, or the London Charivari; Fenians; Trade Unions; revolutionary plots] Publication details: From 'Punch, or the London Charivari', 12 October 1867. £95.00 On paper 52 x 33 cm. Tenniel's monogram, with number 58, in bottom left-hand corner. An giant female figure, with black mask, blazing torch and sash on which is written 'MURDER', directs an assemblage of Fenians and Sheffield trade unionists. The caption reads 'Fenian conspiracies and outrages in Ireland and Manchester - co-incident with the revelations of murderous Trade-unionism at Sheffield and elsewhere - agitated the public mind, and seemed like an evocation of the Spirit of Slaughter to trample on the Law. Keywords: Autograph Letter Signed from the editor of 'Punch' F. C. Burnand to T. H.

Lacy, regarding the publication of a farce. Author: F. C. Burnand [Sir Francis Cowley Burnand] (1836-1917), English comic writer and editor of 'Punch' [Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809-1873), actor and theatrical publisher] Publication details: 29 April 1869; on letterhead of Hale Lodge, Edgware. £56.00 12mo, 2 pp. Bifolium. Fair, on aged paper. He begins 'Print the farce', and gives two conditions, ending 'There that's definite'. He will have the farce published after it is performed in London, 'at a good theatre of course'. 'But get on with it and lets have the proofs.' He will 'most likely' play it himself 'at Manchester and somewhere else, when I will put all this stage business &c in'. Ends 'Toole wants to do it. | Yours Tooley - I mean Truly'. In one of two postscripts he hopes Lacy has 'a good supply of Billy Taylor.

Hopewood & Crew publish it.' Keywords: Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Mr Taylor'. Author: Barry Pain [Barry Eric Odell Pain] (1864-1928), English humorist and contributor to Punch magazine [Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914)] Publication details: 13 April 1905; on letterhead of Hogarth House, Bushey, Herts. £38.00 12mo, 1 p. Thirteen lines. Text clear and complete. On aged and foxed paper with some fraying to edges (not affecting text). He would like to show Taylor 'something of interest with reference to Sir Herbert Taylor [sometime soldier and Private Secretary to teh KIng]' and suggests meeting that night. 'It seems rather late, but I shall be at von Herkomer's till then'. Keywords: Letter, headed 'Copy', in contemporary hand, from 'X.' to 'Mr. Editor' [of Punch].

Author: Punch, or The London Charivari' [Mark Lemon (1809-1870), editor; John Leech; Charles Kean; William Williams (1788-1865), Radical M.P. for Lambeth] Publication details: 01/05/59 £56.00 12mo, 4 pp. Bifolium. Watermarked 'TOWGOOD'S | SUPER FINE | 1859'. Eighty-seven lines of text. Text clear and complete on aged and grubby paper. With little hope of influencing the editor of Punch, the author feels compelled to 'write and tell you what I and many others think about your Publication and the malignant spite you display towards individuals who happen to incur your wrath'. This 'malignity', he feels, 'must be derived from that murderous old ruffian from whom your publication takes its name, and which alone prevents it being an influential publication.

Keywords: Author: Bernard Partridge [Sir John Bernard Partridge] (1861-1945), English cartoonist and illustrator, best-known for his work for 'Punch' Publication details: 24 January 1897 ('M.dccc.xc.vij: | jan: xxiv.'); on letterhead of 11 Marlborough Road, St John's Wood, [London] N.W. £56.00 12mo, 3 pp. Bifolium. Good, on lightly-aged paper. Attractive red letterhead, in the Arts and Crafts style. The writings she referred to in a previous letter have not come. 'You probably forgot to enclose them. I expect to read some of the papers in the days when I look in the P[all]. M[all]. G[azette].' He asks her to give him 'an idea of what the publisher proposes to spend on the illustrations, and also the size of them, and the style - pen & ink, or "wash".' He has heard news of her 'from Welsh, Ethel Johnson's husband, who is with me at the Haymarket'. Keywords: Date and place not stated.

£35.00 Dimensions of paper roughly 10.5 x 4.5 cm. Two edges straight and two rough. Aged and grubby, with a 3 cm closed tear (repaired on reverse with archival tape), extending from the right and affecting the last two letters of Cruikshank's bold signature, which is 7 cm long and initially 3 cm high, with the final 'e' of the Christian name in superscript and the surname underlined in a backwards stroke continuing the final letter. Neatly mounted on a piece of card (roughly 9 x 14 cm) and presented in a plastic sleeve. Keywords: 8 October 1865; on monogrammed letterhead. £60.00 Three pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper with slightest trace of previous mount adhering to blank verso of second leaf of bifolium. He has 'looked out' and is sending 'a few interesting Autographs', and would have sent them before, had he not been 'a great invalid all summer'. 'I will get Miss Chapman a good collection of the autographs of literary men.

I am now very closely connected with Punch & other publications and shall have frequent opportunities.' Agnew's family, as partners in Bradbury & Agnew, were for many years the publishers of 'Punch'. Keywords: 9 August 1906; on letterhead 'BULLS CLIFF, FELIXSTOWE.' £100.00 Four pages, 12mo. Very good on lightly aged paper. Docketed by Gaskell at head of first page 'This letter is written to myself in reply to my offer of the loan of 91 Shirley Brooks' letters. | J. B. Gaskell'. Acknowledges the receipt of the letters which Gaskell has 'so generously' placed at his disposal, and assures him that they will be 'treated with the greatest care' and returned as soon as possible, together with the photograph of 'Epicurus Rotundus' (Brooks's pen name), 'which is new to me'. Asks for 'any reminiscences, hearsay or otherwise of S. B.

Keywords: 31 July 1893; on letterhead 'Whitefriars, London.' £56.00 12mo: 2 pp. On creased, discoloured paper, with small closed tear and traces of previous mount adhering to reverse. An amusing, playful letter in a smudged, expansive hand. Reads 'My dear Phil | The other Phil Phil May will Phil the page in Xmas No. This will fill up & give it a fillip. ergo no Caran d'Ache | With Phil we're full. | Ought to be a fine number. | Have asked Phil May to contribute previously - | Well Phil May - but will Phil? | perhaps a wilfil person'. Accompanied by long typed commentary, giving provenance 'From a group of letters to Phil Agnew. Keywords:

Question: Which publication used to call itself The London Charivari?
Answer: Punch Magazine