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 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.

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

SIDE A

MAC-BULL AND THE RAILWAY WITCHES

SIDE B

H.R.H. F.-M. CHANCELLOR PRINCE ALBERT TAKING THE PONS ASINORUM

AFTER THE MANNER OF NAPOLEON TAKING THE BRIDGE OF ARCOLA

(1848)

$20
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SIDE A

A PARCEL OF — FRIGHTENED AT A NASTY! GREAT! UGLY! JEW BILL.

SIDE B

A MORNING CALL

Hibernia.—"Sure, Sisther dear, it's not what you've been accustomed to exactly, but anyhow you're welcome."

(1849)

$20
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SIDE A

PEEL'S PANACEA FOR IRELAND

Russell.—"Oh, this dreadful Irish Toothache!"
Peel.—"Well, here is something that will Cure you in an instant.

SIDE B

THE CHURCH MOUSE
(AFTER SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS'S "MUSCIPULA.")

Oh, hear a reverend captive's prayer,...

(1849)

$20
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SIDE A

THE GREAT RAILWAY GUY FOR 1849

SIDE B

A BRIGHT IDEA
THE PEACE RECRUITING SERGEANT TRYING TO ENLIST THE DUKE

(1849)

$15
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SIDE A

THE NEW IRISH STILL

SHOWING HOW ALL SORTS OF GOOD THINGS MAY BE OBTAINED (BY INDUSTRY) OUT OF PEAT

SIDE B

THE POLITICAL MORGIANA THROWING COLD WATER (NOT BOILING OIL) ON THE IMPATIENT BANDITTI

[*NOTE: THERE IS A FAINT PINKISH WATERCOLOR SPILL ON THIS SIDE OF THE PAPER, DOES NOT SHOW ON OTHER SIDE]

(1849)

$10
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SIDE A

LANDING OF QUEEN VICTORIA IN IRELAND

Sir Patrick Raleigh.—"May it Plase your Majesty to tread on the Tail of my coat."

SIDE B

GOG AND MAGOG GIVING PADDY A LIFT OUT OF THE MIRE

A Special Court of Common Council was held on Thursday to consider the propriety of purchasing estates in Ireland, with a view to cultivate and improve the same. *** That London can do this work, her own history affords the most abundant guarantees."— Vide "Times," July 7

(1849)

$20
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SIDE A

OPENING OF THE COAL EXCHANGE,
(As Mr. Punch hoped it would have been).

CEREMONY OF PRESENTING A MAGNIFICENT BLACK DIAMOND TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

SIDE B

"MAY THE EVENING'S DIVERSION BEAR THE MORNING'S REFLECTION!"

Russian Bear.—"I won't go home till morning,
I won't go home till morning,
I won't go home till morn-i-n-g,
Till Kossuth does appear."

Russian Bear.—"Oh, confound that Sublime Porte! what a headache it's given me!"

(1849)

$15
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SIDE A

THE GREAT ARMY TAILORING QUESTION;,
Or, WHO IS THE REAL SUFFERER—THE PRIVATE OR THE COLONEL?

CEREMONY OF PRESENTING A MAGNIFICENT BLACK DIAMOND TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

SIDE B

THE SCHOOLMASTER AT HOME

"Mind, Young Gentlemen, more attention to Arithmetic the Half."

(1849)

$15
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SIDE A

AN ARTFUL DODGE

"Him as Prigs Wot Isn't His'n—" .

SIDE B

A SCENE FROM "THE HAUNTED MAN."

Tetterby & Co. (Mr. John Bull).—"Johnny, my child, take care of her, for she's the brightest gem that ever sparkled on your early brow; take care of her, or never look your mother in the face again."

(1849)

$15
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SIDE A

A CHANGE FOR INDIA
(MR. PUNCH THROWING AN OLD SHOE
FOR BETTER LUCK.)

"What does he want?—his tent, his bed, a canteen, a second pair of breeches, a second pair of shoes, half a dozen shirts, a second flannel waistcoat, a couple of towels, and a piece of soap; all beyond is mere luxury, and not fit for a campaign."
—Sir Charles Napier's Letter to Sir J. Hobhouse

SIDE B

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO;
OR, THE GREAT PROTECTIONIST

(1849)

$20
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SIDE A

THE STATE OF THE NATION—DISRAELI MEASURING THE BRITISH LION

SIDE B

LORD STANLEY (Commander of the "Protection") SURRENDERING HIS SWORD TO LOR JOHN RUSSELL

(1849)

$20
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