Wit Collection

Oscar Wilde - Wilde Thing - T-shirt / poster print design
Oscar Wilde portrait - T-shirt / poster print design WILDE THING

Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher
A graffiti comment on Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980), the French writer and philosopher -- no doubt a witty reference to his existentialist philosophy

Count D orsay / Maclise
COUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL D ORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion

Christmas Greetings card with a Golfing Pun theme, playing on words/terms. " May Xmas: BUNKER trouble and Care and LINK you to a Golden New Year. I ask you to accept today

Map of America. Nova Totius Americae Descriptio by Frederik
Nova Totius Americae Descriptio. Map of America. By Frederik de Wit (1630-1706). Amsterdam, 1666

Patrons of the Cafe Royal
Sketches by H. H. Harris of various well-known artists, writers and celebrities of the 1930s who were regular patrons of the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, London

Mme Recamier / Cig Card
JEANNE-FRANCOISE-JULIE- ADELAIDE RECAMIER nee BERNARD French society beauty and wit

Sydney Smith / Morton Lith
SYDNEY SMITH English clergyman, essayist and wit

Alfred Count D orsay
Alfred, COUNT D ORSAY artist, dandy and wit

Motorcycle motorbike wit radio receiver (I think)

Frank Muir, English comedy writer and media personality
Frank Muir (1920-1998), English comedy writer, and radio and television personality. Date: circa 1970s

Two of the Pearl Eatons Radio Pictures girls Alice Jans and June Glory, 1930 who were last seen in The Cuckoos. Pearl Eaton was a dance director, formerly working on Broadway for Dillingham

Dr Isaac Watts Monument
The monument to Sir Issac Watts at Abney Park cemetary. He was one of Stoke Newingtons most notable former residents. Dr Watts is a famous nonconformist English Christian minister

Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773), a British statesman, diplomat, man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time. Date: 1875

Man seized by leg cramp in the honeymoon bed. Bottles of gout cordial, restorative drops and other medicine on the floor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

George Bernard Shaw by John Collier
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Irish writer painted by John Collier. Date: 1928

Narcissus Cake Date: 1935

Wooden Frame Clock Date: 1950

COUNT DORSAY / MACLISE
COUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 185

COUNT DORSAY
COUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 1852

Humorous Postcard by Cynicus - Seaside Sketches
Humorous Postcard : A smack at the buoy, Anchoring after a swell, A barque at a little cove and Treasures of the Deep. Date: 1908

Ralph Griffith - English journal editor and publisher
Ralph Griffiths (1720-1803) - English journal editor and publisher. Founded Londons first successful literary magazine, the Monthly Review (17491845), remaining its editor until his death

Miss Iris Tree (Mrs Curtis Moffatt) wiht her son, 1920
Iris Tree (27 January 1897 13 April 1968) was an English poet, actress and artists model, described as a bohemian, an eccentric, a wit and an adventuress

WW1 - Cartoon - Jolly trench warfare
WW1 - " The Incorrigibles" - A dark humoured cartoon illustrating trench warefare with irony. Two soldiers meeting in the trenches

Graffiti at Cans Festival 2008
The Cans Festival 2008. Leake Street in the arches under the Waterloo Eurostar terminal transformed by Banksy and other Graffiti artists. Date: 2008

1920s cocktail party gossip
" I wonder why one always has a cherry in a cocktail?" " So that one shall not drink on an empty stomach" Witty exchanges at a well populated, glamorous

Studdys Dog Studies: Brevity is the soul of wit by G. E. St
Early illustration by G. E. Studdy showing a tearful Spaniel with a recently docked tail being grinned at by a smug cat. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Gone fishing with cheese as bait - humorous scene
" What sort of bait are you using, Billie?" " A bit of cheese rind." " What are you trying t catch - Mice?" !!! Date: 1895

Street Vendor selling Nuts to Gentleman with a Simian Visage
Street Vendor cheekily offering the sale of some nuts to a diminutive Gentleman with a distinctive Simian visage!! Date: 1899

Antrim Rd. at Chichester Park, Belfast - a close in view of a tram and driver and conductor, wit another tram further back on the Antrim road. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Belfast)

Nova Orbis Tabula in Lucem Edita by Frederik de Wit (1630-1706). 17th century. Detail of the Americas, Pacific Ocean and islands discovered. Amsterdam

Spain. Detail. Atlas by Frederik de Wit (1630-1706). 17th ce
Map of the Principality of Catalonia, Kingdoms of Navarre, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia and the Balearic Islands. Atlas by Frederik de Wit (1630-1706). Amsterdam, 17th century

John Ellis, Writer
JOHN ELLIS Scrivener, political writer, poet and translator, deputy for Broad Street Ward, London, friend of Dr Johnson who much admired his skill and wit. Date: 1698 - 1790

Edward Dubois, Author
EDWARD DUBOIS Author and wit. Date: 1774 - 1850

George Bubb Dodington
GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON Statesman and wit, baron of Melcombe Regis, author of poems and a diary : a cherub holds his portrait with other symbolic ornaments. Date: 1691 - 1762

Guillaume De Chaulieu
GUILLAUME AMERYE, abbe de CHAULIEU French writer and wit Date: 1639 - 1720

Samuel Botley
SAMUEL BOTLEY Writer on stenography, which doesn t sound very glamorous but the fulsome inscription hints at Art, Love, Wit and Virtue as well... Date: 1642 - 1696

Ralph Bernal-Osborne
RALPH BERNAL-OSBORNE politician, noted for his wit which he aimed impartially at his fellow Liberals or the opposing party. Date: 1808 - 1882

Theodore Hook (Maclise)
THEODORE HOOK writer and wit Date: 1788 - 1841

Sir Charles Sedley (1639 - 1701) - English wit and dramatist, member of the Restoration " court wits", M.P. and legislator from 1668 onwards

Louise De Lafayette
LOUISE MOTTIER DE LAFAYETTE French beauty, wit and nun Date: 1609? - 1665

Cover design, Laugh It Off Annual for 1945, bubbling with sparkling wit and humour. Showing a fun-loving young woman in a giant glass of champagne. Date: 1945

Baron Richard Dowse MP, Vanity Fair, Ape
Baron RICHARD DOWSE (1824-1890) Irish politician and barrister, elected as Member of Parliament for Londonderry at the 1868 general election. Attorney-General and Solicitor-General for Ireland

Naval Commanders
Hollands great naval commanders, admiral Van Tromp and vice-admiral De Wit. Date: 1641

Bonnell Thornton
BONNELL THORNTON writer and wit Date: 1841 - 1899

Thomas Southerne - 2
THOMAS SOUTHERNE playwright, described as the last surviving wit of the days of Charles II. Date: 1660 - 1746

Ge0Rge Selwyn
GEORGE SELWYN statesman and wit, standing, with his friends Richard Edgecumbe and Gilly Williams. Date: 1719 - 1791

Aurelien Scholl
AURELIEN SCHOLL French journalist and a noted wit. Date: 1833 - 1902

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