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Commentary Collection (page 3)

Background imageCommentary Collection: The Dumbells - 3rd Canadian Division Concert Party

The Dumbells - 3rd Canadian Division Concert Party
Programme for The Dumbells - Third Canadian Division Concert Party - entitled Battle of Somme-Area (concerning the journey from Poperinghe to the Somme) and Kit Inspection with commentary

Background imageCommentary Collection: Two ragged street women disgust respectability

Two ragged street women disgust respectability
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting two poor ragged street women disgusting another who they describe, with no hint of the obvious irony, as " not respectable"

Background imageCommentary Collection: Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party Ladies

Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party Ladies
Botany - The Dandelion - a florid little man! A wow with all the ladies (up to a point!). A pianist, possibly modelled in part on popular Polish pianist Paderewski? Date: circa 1907

Background imageCommentary Collection: The fruits of success - A Chorus Girl visits home

The fruits of success - A Chorus Girl visits home
The fruits of success - An all-American chorus girl visits home and is greeted by surprise and a certain element of bemusement

Background imageCommentary Collection: Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Background imageCommentary Collection: Satire on the 1906 elections in France

Satire on the 1906 elections in France
A satire on the 1906 elections in France - Durand was an actual candidate - commenting on the various hues of political opinion in the country

Background imageCommentary Collection: L Apocalypse de Saint Sever. 11th c. Copy of

L Apocalypse de Saint Sever. 11th c. Copy of the Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus of Li颡 na. Representation of Earth. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Background imageCommentary Collection: Changing Role of Women in the UK

Changing Role of Women in the UK
The Girls reckon they can do anything without us men now-a-days - But can they? Interesting postcard highlighting the changing role of Women in the UK workplace in the early years of the twentieth

Background imageCommentary Collection: Titanic - Report and Timeline in the Sphere

Titanic - Report and Timeline in the Sphere
Page from the Sphere with comments, reports and anecdotes relating to the sinking of the Titanic together with a timeline listing the events that eventually led the ship to sink

Background imageCommentary Collection: G. K. Chesterton Our Notebook - comment on the Titanic

G. K. Chesterton Our Notebook - comment on the Titanic
Page from the Illustrated London News with the magazines weekly column, Our Notebook, by G. K. Chesterton commenting on the disaster of the sinking of the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic

Background imageCommentary Collection: Tug of War Cartoon

Tug of War Cartoon
3rd Event - International Sports 1914- THE TUG OF WAR. " I Ain t seed Hun come up for the third time yet ave you Sargint?" - a sharp cartoon commentary on front line life

Background imageCommentary Collection: Cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money

Cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money
A cartoon commentary on Germanys lack of money after the First World War. The German man in the foreground is in rags, and has no trousers, but none of the other European powers is able to help

Background imageCommentary Collection: Thomas / Hamlet / Liebig 5

Thomas / Hamlet / Liebig 5
Act 4 scene 2 : Ophelia has been driven mad, and distributes herbs with a commentary

Background imageCommentary Collection: Spanish Quit Dunkirk

Spanish Quit Dunkirk
Commentary on the evacuation of Dunkirk (then in the Spanish Netherlands) by the Spanish garrison, leaving it to be argued over between the Dutch and the French



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