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Captain Bairnsfathers first meeting with Old Bill, WW1This historic incident took place during the first battle of Ypres, but the Censor held stern views about battle pictures in those days
Cartoon by George E StuddyGeorge Studdy or G E Studdy (1878-1948) was a British commercial artist and cartoonist, best known for his creation Bonzo the Dog, who became a popular character in the 1920s
Literary and artistic contributors to the charitable magazine, Printers Pie, lined up for a photograph during a dinner given by W. Hugh Spottiswoode at the Savoy
Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird). (1887 - 1965). Best known for editorship of Punch magazine and World War II propaganda posters. Date: 1924
The Tout - artistMr P. R. G. Buchanan, whose caricatures, mainly of horse racing society, under the pseudonym The Tout were published in The Tatler and The Bystander magazines during the 1920s and 30s
George Belcher - cartoonistGeorge Frederick Arthur Belcher (19 September 1875 3 October 1947), English cartoonist, etcher and painter of genre, sporting subjects and still life. Contributor of cartoons to Punch and The Tatler
Bruce Bairnsfather in his Sunbeam with Old Bill mascotCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather, famous for his cartoons of trench humour in The Bystander during the First World War seen at the wheel of his Sunbeam car with an aluminium car mascot in the shape of
Tom Browne (1870 - 1910), artist and illustrator. Known as a black and white artist, as magazine illustrators of the day were
Heath Robinson and his pea-splitting machinePhotograph of William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), pictured with his own model of a pea-splitting machine. A well-loved artist, illustrator and cartoonist
Ivor Novello (right)Welsh composer, singer and actor, David Ivor Davies (1893-1951), better known as Ivor Novello, photographed with Swedish cartoonist and caricaturist Einar Nerman (1888-1983) in 1930
Bruce Bairnsfather Fragments from France exhibition, 1916Advertisement in The Graphic for an exhibition of drawings by the popular soldier cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather. The pictures were exhibited at the Graphic Galleries, 190 Strand
Bernard Partridge and wife at Monte Carlo, 1910Bernard Partridge, the famous Punch cartoonist, pictured with his wife in the grounds of the Hotel Windsor at Monte Carlo on the French Riviera. Date: 1910
Bernard Partridge (1861-1945), British illustrator and cartoonist, and chief cartoonist in Punch magazine, taking over from Linley Sambourne
Linley Sambourne (1844-1910), prolific cartoonist for Punch, and their chief contributor in his later years, succeeding Sir John Tenniel
Bruce Bairnsfather drawing on a farmhouse wall in France, WW1The birth of " Fragments" : Scribbles on the farmhouse walls. Picture illustrating how the famous wartime Bystander cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of Old Bill
Bullets and Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather, frontispieceFrontispiece of Bullet and Billets, an autobiographical work by the wartime Bystander cartoonist and creator of Old Bill, Bruce Bairnsfather telling of his experiences in France from the outbreak of
A Fragments Fortune by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoonAutobiographical cartoon (perhaps?) by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing how his experiences at the front inspired his cartoons, but how they were often vetoed by the censor back at home. Date: 1919
Bruce BairnsfatherCaptain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888 - 1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist. Best known for creating " Old Bill" during World War I for The Bystander magazine. Date: 1917
Bairnsfather on leave by Marcel PoncinThe Face at the Window. A humorous, and entirely imaginative, drawing of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, famous soldier cartoonist and creator of Fragments from France
Captain Bruce BairnsfatherA snapshot by an American officer somewhere in France of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959), soldier cartoonist and creator of the Old Bill character
Bruce Bairnsfather in his workroom at BishoptonBruce Bairnsfather, soldier cartoonist, best known for his creation, Ole Bill, in The Bystander, pictured at work in his workroom at Bishopton, Avon during leave. Date: 1916
How they are produced by Bruce BairnsfatherAn autobiographical cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing how he produces his famous Fragments in France, cartoons showing life for the typical British Tommy on the Western Front during World
Phil May by J. J. ShannonPhilip William May (1864-1903), celebrated British cartoonist. Date: 1902
The common people - a picture for cartoonists
Silhouette portrait of George StuddyAn excellent likeness of George Studdy, artist and creator of Bonzo the cartoon dog by fellow artist and silhouettist, H. L. Oakley. Date: 1930
Heath Robinson Drawing for TelevisionWilliam Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), artist and illustrator known as the Gadget King, pictured drawing for television in the 1940s. Date: 1947
Silhouette of Phil MayWonderful silhouette self-portrait of the celebrated English cartoonist, Phil May (1864 - 1903) showing him in profile smoking one of his signature cigars. Date: 1911
Year 19-- George still sketching! by George RansteadA humorous self-portrait of the artist showing him still sketching somewhere on the Western Front many years in the future
W. K. HaseldenPortrait of William Kerridge Haselden (1872-1953), British cartoonist, notable for his theatrical cartoons in Punch and his cartoons in the Daily Mirror
