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

TE DEUM!

SIDE B

OUGHTEN'T THE TURK TO BE MUCH OBLIGED TO HIS DIND FRIENDS (?) FOR THEIR PROMPT AND GENEROUS ASSISTANCE

(1854)

$15
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SIDE A

THE SPLIT CROW IN DIFFICULITES—
A FABLE FOR THE DAY

"A Split Crow fancying himself an Eagle, fixed his talons in the fleece of a Sheep—but, neither able to move his prey, nor to disentangle his feet, he was destroyed by the Shepherds."

SIDE B

SALUTE THE ROOSHIANS? AYE, AYE, SIR!

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

THE ENTENTE CORDIALE

SIDE B

THE RETURN FROM THE BALTIC!!

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

THE SHOOTING SEASON

SIDE B

AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

"DANGEROUS!"

SIDE B

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON TO LORD AB--D--N

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

NOT A NICE BUSINESS

SIDE B

THE RUSSIAN FRANKENSTEIN AND HIS MONSTER

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

PAYING THE SHOT

SIDE B

FELLOW-FEELING — THE BOMBARDMENT OF ODESSA

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

THE "MONTAGNE RUSSE" — A VERY DANGEROUS GAME

SIDE B

A STRUGGLE BETWEEN DUTY AND INCLINATION.
GALLANT LITTLE JOHN TAKING LEAVE OF HIS PET TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY.

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

PEACE OR WAR — ANYHOW HE MUST PAY THE BILL

SIDE B

THROWING THE OLD SHOE,
AT THE PARTING OF HER MAJESTY AND GUARDS

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

THE EMPEROR WITH THE "MILD EYES" OBJECTS TO THE NAKED TRUTH

SIDE B

SIR EDMUND LYONS GOING IN HIS BROUGHAM TO THE OPERA AT SEBASTOPOL

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

GOD DEFEND THE RIGHT

SIDE B

BLACK MONDAY

(1854)

$20
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SIDE A

NOW FOR IT!
A SET-TO BETWEEN "PAM, THE DOWNING STREET PET," AND "THE RUSSIAN SPIDER."

SIDE B

BURSTING OF THE MINISTERIAL PIPES

(1855)

$20
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SIDE A

SPADES ARE TRUMPS
Navvy (to Ab-rd-n)—"Now, Old Stick-in-the-Mud, let me try if I can get you out of the Mess.

SIDE B

SEEING THE OLD YEAR OUT
AND THE NEW YEAR IN

(1855)

$15
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SIDE A

WHAT WE MUST COME TO
Old Party (to P-nm-re)—Oh, if you Please, Sir,—Did you want a sperity old Woman to see after things in the Crimea? No objection to beign mad a Field-Marshal, and glory not so much an object as a good Salary!"

SIDE B

GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE
THE HEROES OF THE CRIMEA INSPECTING THE FIELD-MARSHALS

(1855)

$20
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SIDE A

FIREWORKS IN PREPARATION

SIDE B

HYPOCRISY DENOUNCING MUSIC
AND SUNDAY FINERY?

(1856)

$15
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SIDE A

QUITE A NEW TUNE

SIDE B

RUSSIA'S DIFFICULTY
Capitalist—"Want a little Money to go on with, eh? Well; but where's your Security?"

(1856)

$20
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SIDE A

SUNDAY MUSIC AS CANT WOULD HAVE IT

SIDE B

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES
Her M-j-s-y—"Well, my Lord—then I suppose my Sunday Band must be given up, too!"?"
Cant—"Oh De–ar no, your Majesty! That's quite a different thing!"

(1856)

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SIDE A

THE END OF GOG AND MAGOG,
OR THINGS VERY BAD IN THE CITY

SIDE B

MR. BULL DOESN'T QUITE SEE IT
Mr. Bull—"Well, but you know, Marm, I don't—that is—a—I—"
His Ally—"Aha! You not quite comprehend! Never Mind! All right! You sall put zis in your button-hole, and come an zee ze Firework."

(1856)

$20
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SIDE A

A CARD

SIDE B

THE RUSSIAN TICKET-OF-LEAVE-MAN BEFORE THE "BEAKS."

(1856)

$20
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SIDE A

A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

SIDE B

MR BULL AND HIS VALET

(1856)

$20
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SIDE A

A GREAT SUNDAY EXAMPLE, BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANT---

SIDE B

SCENE FROM A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM

(1856)

$20
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SIDE A

GRAND MILL BETWEEN CHARLEY POT AND JAMIE KETTLE

SIDE B

PANMURE'S GENERAL RENOVATOR

(1856)

$20
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