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.

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

SIDE A

DESIGNS FOR NATIONAL STATUES

BRITANNIA PRESENTING THE ORDER OF THE THISTLE TO SIBTHORP (UPPER LEFT)

MARS ATTIRED BY PRINCE ALBERT (CENTER)

JOINVILLE TAMING THE BRITISH LION (UPPER RIGHT)

THE INFANT HERCULES STRANGLING THE SERPENTS (LOWER LEFT)

MERCURY GIVING GRAHAM AN INSIGHT INTO LETTERS (LOWER RIGHT)

SIDE B

SAIREY GAMP AND BETSEY PRIG

SAIREY. — "I propose a Toast— 'Here's better luck next Session.

Vide "Martin Chuzzlewit."

(1844)

$15
(some foxing)

SIDE A

PURIFYING COVENT GARDEN THEATRE

"The cause of this removal from their (the Brussels troupe) former quarters, it is generally understood, is the fact that the connexion of Covent Garden with the Anti-Corn-Law League was a bar to the patronage of Her Majesty." — Times, July 5

SIDE B

DISTRESS IN ST. STEPHEN'S—
HOWARD v. GOSSETT

SHERIFF'S OFFICER . — "Take away that Bauble!"

(1845)

$15

SIDE A

THE MAN WOT PLAYS SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS AT ONCE

SIDE B

A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK

(1845)

$15

SIDE A

THE WAR-DANCE
OF THE FRENCH WILD MEN

SIDE B

THE FRENCH NELSON!
Or, CHILD'S PLAY AT MOROCCO.

To Admiral Joinville, this Design (slightly altered from a Popular Print) is affectionately dedicated by PUNCH

(1845)

$15
(some foxing)

SIDE A

THE BAD BOY WHO DIDN'T CARE

Mr. Speaker.—"There, Master O'Brien, go into the Cellar, and don't come out till you know how to behave yourself."

SIDE B

ROYAL PASTIME; OR, LOUIS PHILLIPE "TRIPP'D UP."

(1846)

$15
(some image offsetting/transference)

SIDE A

PEEL'S CHEAP BREAD SHOP

OPENED JANUARY 22, 1846

SIDE B

THE POLITICAL TILLY SLOW-BOY AND COBDEN'S BABY

Tilly. (loq.) "Dids its Dukes of Richmond says its was a Humbugs?"

(1846)

$15
(some image offsetting/transference)

SIDE A

PUNCH AND THE SMITHFIELD SAVAGES

SUGGESTED BY PENN'S TREATY WITH THE INDIANS

SIDE B

THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ACCORDING TO MR. DISRAELI'S VIEWS

(1847)

$20
(some image offsetting/transference)

SIDE A

THE IRISH JOSEPH ADY

PADDY HEARING "SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE"

SIDE B

THE LIGHT PORTER OF ST. STEPHEN'S

(1847)

$15
(some image offsetting/transference)

SIDE A

RECREATION

SIDE B

DOMBEY AND SON

"Mr. Dombey was in a difficulty. He would have liked to give him (the boy) some explanation involving the terms circulating-medium, currency, depreciation of currency, paper, bullion, rates of exchange, value of precious metals in the market, and so forth."

(1847)

$20
(some image offsetting/transference)

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