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Background imageComment Collection: Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher

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

Background imageComment Collection: London going out of town -- the expansion of London

London going out of town -- the expansion of London
London going out of town, or, The March of Bricks & Mortar -- Cruikshanks cartoon comment on the expansion of London

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon / Zulu War / Punch

Cartoon / Zulu War / Punch
A LESSON Punch comment on the British defeat; the lesson - despise not your enemy

Background imageComment Collection: Wagner / Gill / Ring Cycle

Wagner / Gill / Ring Cycle
RICHARD WAGNER German composer in a satirical comment on his four-part opera cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen

Background imageComment Collection: ANTIGONE - CHORUS

ANTIGONE - CHORUS
Antigone the chorus of elders who comment dispassionately on the action

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Woman in red bikini on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman in red bikini on the beach Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Satire on polluted water supply in London

Satire on polluted water supply in London
Fun makes a comment on diseased water supply. 18 August 1866

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoons, The Great Chartist Demonstration

Cartoons, The Great Chartist Demonstration -- No. IX, The Beginning and the End. 1848

Background imageComment Collection: Newspaper Seller 1933

Newspaper Seller 1933
A newspaper seller in a flat cap and overcoat stands next to his stall on Wednesday, March 1st, 1933. Headlines include The Times: The Arms Embargo - Geneva Comment and Dictatorship in Germany

Background imageComment Collection: Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961

Iraq-Kuwait tensions 1961
Page from The Illustrated London News with an article written by Cyril Falls on the tensions in Kuwait arising over Iraqi claims to sovereignty over the oil-rich state

Background imageComment Collection: Ethiopia / Cartoon / Italy

Ethiopia / Cartoon / Italy
French comment on Ethiopian defeat of Italy - Italy receives a poke in the eye from a long split bread or " pain fendu

Background imageComment Collection: Female Literary Types

Female Literary Types
PASSIONATE FEMALE LITERARY TYPES Satiric comment on the New School, the older, educated woman here portrayed as a masculine spinster

Background imageComment Collection: 1867 Tory Seamanship

1867 Tory Seamanship
The Abandoned! or Tory Seamanship The Constitution lies wrecked and adrift. A comment on Disraelis Reform Act, which extended the franchise. Date: 1867

Background imageComment Collection: Dogs Return to Vomit

Dogs Return to Vomit
The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire - Pauls comment on lapsed Christians

Background imageComment Collection: Two women chatting in a kitchen

Two women chatting in a kitchen, one thin and one fat. One says: I just seen young George the worse for drink again. The other replies: I ain t surprised. You may depend e in aled it from is father

Background imageComment Collection: No Money for Social Serv

No Money for Social Serv
- Sorry, can t spare anything for schools or social services

Background imageComment Collection: Happy Schoolboy Days

Happy Schoolboy Days
Satire on the compulsory education act. Those not attending school are now committing a criminal offence. A truant is put in chains by 2 school board policemen

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon of London Treaty

Cartoon of London Treaty
Two minds with but a single thought...NOW ! - a comment on the London agreement, which seemed to promise peace in Ireland - but for how long ?

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Scotsman and young woman Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsman and young woman Date: early 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Little girl and boy on a sofa

Comic postcard, Little girl and boy on a sofa, surrounded by birds and animals - You're the only girl I ever loved. Date: early 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, A Waiting Game -- the Labour Party restrains the socialist dog for the time being

Cartoon, A Waiting Game -- the Labour Party restrains the socialist dog for the time being, but warns that the capitalist will not always escape! Date: 1908

Background imageComment Collection: Comic social comment on Women's Fashion c. 1860

Comic social comment on Women's Fashion c. 1860 Date: circa 1860

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Specimens from Mr Punchs Industrial Exhibition

Cartoon, Specimens from Mr Punchs Industrial Exhibition of 1850 (to be improved in 1851). A satire on the forthcoming Great Exhibition, under the leadership of Prince Albert

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The End of the Rotten Borough

Cartoon, The End of the Rotten Borough -- the Reform Bill of 1832 did away with these so-called rotten boroughs, which were constituencies with a very small electorate

Background imageComment Collection: Comment on Americas position before entering WW1 with regard to financing the allies

Comment on Americas position before entering WW1 with regard to financing the allies

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Unfair Trade Winds (International Free Trade)

Cartoon, Unfair Trade Winds (International Free Trade)
Cartoon, Unfair Trade Winds -- a satirical comment on competitive trade from overseas, adversely affecting the economy at home. Date: 1884

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Great Trick Act (Disraeli)

Cartoon, The Great Trick Act (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Great Trick Act -- a satirical comment on the Conservative Partys recent success in the General Election

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Happy Robbers (Gladstone and Bright)

Cartoon, The Happy Robbers (Gladstone and Bright)
Cartoon, The Happy Robbers -- John Bright as Falstaff and William Gladstone as Prince Hal (Henry IV) in a Shakespearean scene

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (Disraeli, Gladstone)

Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (Disraeli, Gladstone)
Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose -- a satirical comment on the rivalry between Disraeli (left) and Gladstone (right) over the electoral reform question

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Anglers Return (Derby and Disraeli)

Cartoon, The Anglers Return (Derby and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Anglers Return -- Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli portrayed as fishermen

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, A Dip in the Free Trade Sea

Cartoon, A Dip in the Free Trade Sea -- satirical comment on the Conservative governments announcement that they did not intend to return to the policy of Protectionism

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Political Chameleon

Cartoon, The Political Chameleon -- satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis ability to change his partys allegiance from Protectionism to Free Trade in anticipation of an approaching General

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel

Cartoon, Queen Victoria and Sir Robert Peel
Cartoon, The Letter of Introduction, 1841 -- Queen Victoria and her newly elected Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel (Conservative). Date: 1841

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Political Cheap-Jack

Cartoon, The Political Cheap-Jack -- Benjamin Disraeli, portrayed as a conman at a country fair, wooing his Buckinghamshire constituents during the General Election campaign, summer 1847. 1847

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Notice to Quit, electricity on London Underground

Cartoon, Notice to Quit, electricity on London Underground
Cartoon, Notice to Quit, a comment on the introduction of electric trains on the London Underground, showing The Fairy Electra banishing the Steam Locomotive Underground Demon

Background imageComment Collection: What a War! - Suits me, I dunno as I ll ever go back to Railings! - humorous comment

What a War! - Suits me, I dunno as I ll ever go back to Railings! - humorous comment
What a War! - " Suits me, I dunno as I ll ever go back to Railings!" - humorous comment on the wartime appropriation of railings for use as raw material in the war effort. Date: circa 1941

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Man comments to vicar on outdoor toilet

Comic postcard, Man comments to vicar on outdoor toilet Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: At the Theatre, comical depiction of audience members

At the Theatre, comical depiction of audience members Date: circa 1850s

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Bad Business! Irish Home Rule

Cartoon, Bad Business! Irish Home Rule
Political cartoon, Bad Business! A satirical comment on William Ewart Gladstone and Irish Home Rule, with William Harcourt (R) depicted as an elderly woman Date: 1891

Background imageComment Collection: Satirical cartoon, broken tower with scaffolding, Paris

Satirical cartoon, broken tower with scaffolding, Paris
Satirical cartoon, broken tower with scaffolding - the embellishments of Paris - a comment on the urban renewal carried out by Baron Haussmann, appointed by Napoleon III. Date: circa 1860s

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, upper class Nuts and Nuttesses, Louis Wain

Cartoon, upper class Nuts and Nuttesses, Louis Wain
Cartoon of upper class Nuts and Nuttesses as comical cats, by Louis Wain. Date: 1914

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Cartoon, The Valley of the Shadow of Death, by James Gillray

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats

Cartoon, More Pigs than Teats, or, the new Litter of hungry Grunters Sucking John Bull's Old Sow to death, by James Gillray

Background imageComment Collection: Michael Scott-Joynt, outspoken English clergyman

Michael Scott-Joynt, outspoken English clergyman
Michael Charles Scott-Joynt (b 1943), English clergyman, Bishop of Stafford (1987-1995) and Bishop of Winchester (from 1995, due to retire 2011). Outspoken opponent of gay rights. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageComment Collection: Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment

Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment
A group of people on a Right to Work demonstration

Background imageComment Collection: Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher

Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher
A white goat expresses its opinion on Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Welcome! Britannia: Come in

Cartoon, Welcome! Britannia: Come in, ladies and gentlemen! Glad to give you a decent roof over your heads at last!'

Background imageComment Collection: Death as the railway signalman

Death as the railway signalman - a comment on repeated errors and a system of fines between the engine drivers and signalmen circa 1876

Background imageComment Collection: Carrying of the second reading of the first reform bill in the House of Commons

Carrying of the second reading of the first reform bill in the House of Commons. Date: 21 March 1831

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Seven-league boots 1846

Cartoon, The Seven-league boots 1846
Cartoon, The Seven-league boots; or, Death of Giant Monopoly

Background imageComment Collection: Queen Victoria Cartoon as Hermione

Queen Victoria Cartoon as Hermione
Queen Victoria (1819 - 1901), alias Hermione. A Shakespearean comment on the fact that Victoria has stayed too long in retirement following Albert's death; her people want to see her again

Background imageComment Collection: Father Christmas a peace-maker: 'Come, come Russ! You are a Christian

Father Christmas a peace-maker: "Come, come Russ! You are a Christian
Father Christmas a peace-maker: " Come, come Russ! You are a Christian, set a good example to the Turk

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Little boys and teachers in classroom Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boys and teachers in classroom Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Darts match in pub - double top Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Darts match in pub - double top Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Woman chats to a friend about her husband Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman chats to a friend about her husband Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German

Comic postcard, A blow on the Hindenburg Line, WW1 - a satirical comment on the German defensive position on the Western Front, showing a German soldier with a line of washing. Date: circa 1916-1917

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Woman complains about husband Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman complains about husband Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Women and man in a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Women and man in a pub Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Cockerel, hen and parrot

Comic postcard, Cockerel, hen and parrot Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Drunken man with parcel and bunch of flowers in the moonlight Date

Comic postcard, Drunken man with parcel and bunch of flowers in the moonlight Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, Two women watch a man bathing in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women watch a man bathing in the sea Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Comic postcard, two women discuss an octopus Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, two women discuss an octopus Date: 20th century

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Bag-Fox (Gladstone)

Cartoon, The Bag-Fox (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Bag-Fox -- a satirical comment on the Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, at the start of the Autumn Session of parliament

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Bill-Sticker (Gladstone and Irish Land Bill)

Cartoon, The Bill-Sticker (Gladstone and Irish Land Bill)
Cartoon, The Bill-Sticker -- a satirical comment on Gladstone as Liberal Prime Minister, choosing to prioritise the Irish Land Bill over other planned legislation. Date: 1881

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold (Liberal Party)

Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold (Liberal Party)
Cartoon, The Waits; or, Out in the Cold -- a satirical comment on the opposition Liberal Party, waiting patiently for a General Election so that they can return to power

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Bravo, Chelmsford! (Battle of Ulundi)

Cartoon, Bravo, Chelmsford! (Battle of Ulundi)
Cartoon, Bravo, Chelmsford! A satirical comment on the Battle of Ulundi (4 July 1879), during the Anglo-Zulu War, won by Lord Chelmsfords forces against those of Cetewayo

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink (Disraeli and Britannia)

Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink (Disraeli and Britannia)
Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink -- Benjamin Disraeli leads a very reluctant Britannia to the brink of war, by sending British ships to Constantinople, risking conflict with Russian forces. Date: 1878

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver

Cartoon, The Liliput Levy on John Bull Gulliver -- a satirical comment on taxation putting the strain on John Bull (representing the middle-class British man)

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Three Graces -- A New Version (Queen Victoria)

Cartoon, The Three Graces -- A New Version (Queen Victoria)
Cartoon, The Three Graces -- A New Version

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Up In A Balloon (Disraeli and Britannia)

Cartoon, Up In A Balloon (Disraeli and Britannia)
Cartoon, Up In A Balloon -- a satirical comment on Benjamin Disraelis Conservative government

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, A Holiday (Disraeli)

Cartoon, A Holiday (Disraeli)
Cartoon, A Holiday -- a satirical comment on disagreements Benjamin Disraeli was having within his own governing party

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, So Just! -- Just So! (Disraeli)

Cartoon, So Just! -- Just So! (Disraeli)
Cartoon, So Just! -- Just So! A satirical comment on Benjamin Disraeli apparently managing to use common sense to balance Labour and Capital, and put an end to destructive industrial action

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, A Slow Cab-inet (Disraeli)

Cartoon, A Slow Cab-inet (Disraeli)
Cartoon, A Slow Cab-inet -- a satirical comment on the slow progress of parliamentary business since the Conservative Party won the General Election

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The Belle of the Season (Disraeli)

Cartoon, The Belle of the Season (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Belle of the Season -- a satirical comment on the popularity of the Conservative Party, having won the recent General Election

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, A Real Conservative Revival (Disraeli)

Cartoon, A Real Conservative Revival (Disraeli)
Cartoon, A Real Conservative Revival -- a satirical comment on the small number of parliamentary measures passed by the new Conservative government, compared with the previous Liberal administration

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, A Friend in Need (Gladstone and Bright)

Cartoon, A Friend in Need (Gladstone and Bright)
Cartoon, A Friend in Need -- a satirical comment on the Third Anglo-Ashanti War (1873-1874) in West Africa

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, A Modest Boast (Social Science)

Cartoon, A Modest Boast (Social Science)
Cartoon, A Modest Boast -- Britannia reads the report of a recent Social Science Congress, and thinks that her understanding of the subject is better than some people s

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, The End of the Season (Disraeli)

Cartoon, The End of the Season (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The End of the Season -- Benjamin Disraeli (Miss Dizzy), dressed as a debutante, gets ready for the last event of the season

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Humble Pie (Gladstone and San Juan Island)

Cartoon, Humble Pie (Gladstone and San Juan Island)
Cartoon, Humble Pie -- a satirical comment on a government failure regarding a boundary dispute between the UK and USA over the island of San Juan in the Pacific North-West

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Miss Britannias Next New Doll (Shah of Persia)

Cartoon, Miss Britannias Next New Doll (Shah of Persia)
Cartoon, Miss Britannias Next New Doll -- a satirical comment on the popularity of the Shah of Persia, at the time making a tour of the European continent

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Strike Home! (strikers injure each other)

Cartoon, Strike Home! (strikers injure each other)
Cartoon, Strike Home

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Prosperous John! (high prices)

Cartoon, Prosperous John! (high prices)
Cartoon, Prosperous John! John Bull, during an inflationary period, is overcome by high prices and high taxes, and not enjoying it one bit. 1872

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! (Ballot Bill)

Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again! (Ballot Bill)
Cartoon, That Ballot-Boy Again

Background imageComment Collection: Cartoon, Land and Labour (Agricultural Union)

Cartoon, Land and Labour (Agricultural Union)
Cartoon, Land and Labour; or, How to Settle It



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