Humour Collection (page 100)

Illustration, Castle Tavern, Holborn, London
Illustration, a group of men in the Castle Tavern, a public house in Holborn, London, popular with sporting people. Date: 1832

Illustration, Paul Pry watching sporting events. Paul Pry was a character in a popular play of the same name, by John Poole, first performed in 1825

Title page, Pierce Egans Book of Sports and Mirror of Life, published by William Tegg, London. With various vignettes of sporting scenes from all over the world. Date: 1832

Illustration, The Golden Goose -- Now there were seven people running behind Simpleton and his Goose. Date: 1909

The Old Order Changeth
" Flight-Sergeant, in future when we go up, just give the order Let Go, instead of Let go the guys, " Date: 1918

Nautical Terms Illustrated - Anchored by Harold Earnshaw
Illustration showing an old sea salt finding himself in a bit of a fix after his wooden legs has caught in a drain grill and snapped

Communal Kitchens, WWI by Will Owen
Cartoon by Will Owen, a humorous comment on the rise of the communal kitchen, introduced during the First World War as a way of providing war workers and the poor with nourishing meals

Wartime Hunting - a day with the suburban hounds (rationing)
Humorous drawing by H. H. Harris commenting on rationing in Britain in 1918 using the metaphor of hunting. Lord Rhondda, who served as Food Controller, is Master of the Hounds

Blaw, Man! An incident in a billet in France, Arthur Garrat
A Scottish solider from a Highland regiment, wearing a kilt, tries to teach a small French boy how to play the bagpipes. Date: 1918

Wartime Football - Association at the Front, WWI
Series of humorous vignettes drawn by H. H. Harris showing the experience of playing football at the front during the First World War

Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks out
Cartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918

A Strategic Retreat by Harold Earnshaw, WW1
A naughty young boy beats a hasty retreat after throwing a snowball in the face of a senior Army officer. Illustration by Harold Earnshaw who in February the previous year had his arm blown off by a

How Big Bill Answered the Call by H. M. Bateman, WW1
An American cowboy hears that the USA has entered the war and gallops off on his horse to enlist, encountering unbelievable obstacles on the way including killer eagles

Flighty by Harold Earnshaw, WW1 cartoon
Three officers of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), later the Royal Air Force (RAF) flirty with a young flapper girl. Drawn by Harold Pat Earnshaw, husband of Mabel Lucie Attwell who lost his right

Suggestion for Utilising Enemy Trench Mortars, WW1
Suggestion for Utilising Enemy Trench Mortars Captured in France drawn by William Heath Robinson in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

The Gas-Driven Armoured Car by H. M. Bateman, WW1
Highly amusing sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman documenting the success of a gas-bag powered armoured car which, overly filled with coal gas

The Huns in Sport by H. M. Bateman, WW1
A series of sketches by humorous artist, H. M. Bateman, showing the Germans indulging in decidedly unsporting behaviour, a reflection - in the eyes of the British - of their conduct during the First

A Mere Matter of Form by Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
Distressing mistake of the cook recently released from a munition factory. A familys cook absent-mindedly shapes the pudding for that day into a shell, much to the shock and panic of her employers

One Never Knows, Does One? by Harold Earnshaw
A young Naval midshipman waits behind a screen with a bunch of mistletoe in the hope that his young sweetheart might be passing by

Tails Up by George Studdy, WW1 victory cartoon
A joyful dog enthusiastically wags his tail, and, in the process, a Union Jack flag, in celebration at the end of the First World War

A Small Objective by Harold Earnshaw, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News by Harold Earnshaw, showing a number of Army and Navy officers vying for the attention of a pretty young woman

Stiff by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Hilarious sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a French soldier unable to move the crank on the front of an officers car

H. I. M, Hymn of Hate, 1915
The hymn of hate, allegedly sketched at Wilhelmshaven by The Bystander Special Spy-Artist: a humorous depiction of Kaiser Wilhelm taking a choir practice of German soldiers. Date: 1915

Displaced by war: news stories no longer being covered, 1915
A humorous cartoon imagines other news stories usually enjoyed by the press(child prodigies, enormous vegetables, the activities of militant suffragettes)

No. 3: People We Don t Envy by George Studdy, 1915
No. 3: The German postman trying to deliver a letter to a ruined Belgium village. Date: 1915

No. 2: People We Don t Envy by George Studdy, 1915
No. II: The Army Service Corps subaltern compelled to deliver a lecture on Supplies to a contingent of men recruited from grocers, butchers, provision dealers etc. Date: 1915

Kaiser as a waiter: a WW1 peace conference imagined, 1915
Taking orders: a forecast of the peace conference. Kaiser Wilhelm II is re-imagined as a waiter, taking orders from George V, Theodore Roosevelt and other leaders. Date: 1915

French Theatre -- Les Sobres Sotz
Les Sobres Sotz (The Sober Fools), a farce, showing a fool, Le Badin, in yellow and green motley. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Le Monologue du Resolu
Le Monologue du Resolu (Monologue of a Determined Man), by Roger de Collerye. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Farce de Calbain
Farce Nouvelle d ung [d un] Savetier Nomme Calbain (New Farce about a Cobbler called Calbain) -- the cobblers wife keeps hold of the moneybag. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- Farce Du Cuvier
Farce Nouvelle Tres Bonne et Fort Joyeuse Du Cuvier -- The Farce of the Chest. Jaquinots wife, who is clearly The Boss. Date: 16th century

French Theatre -- La Farce du Munyer
La Farce du Munyer [Meunier], a play by Andre de la Vigne, in which the Devil carries off a millers soul to Hell. Showing a delighted Devil in orange costume

Cut out for the job: WW1 recruitment humour
Civilian: " Most of my pals are either in the Guards or the Bantams. I m too short for the Guards, and too tall for the Bantams

When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1
A Last Use for the Ole Siege Howitzers. A big gun converted into a receptacle for milk on a horse-drawn cart. Ideas for what to do with old war machinery

Accustoming our Lads by Degrees to Sleep Under a Roof
Untraining the Army - another idea from William Heath Robinson for ensuring soldiers become accustomed once more to civilian life

Impressions of Cambridge during World War One, 1915
Arms and the Varsity Man: some impressions of Cambridge in wartime, 1915. Date: 1915

The Fine Art of Making a War-Film by Heath Robinson, WW1
Preparing the Popular Film of a Taube soaring over Rheims Cathedral. Makeshift scenery and a camera man aloft with the help of a pulley system over a bed help to recreate a scene from the First World

War-Time Economies Saving Breath, WW1 Heath Robinson
War-Time Economies from Heath Robinson - to Save Your Breath. The Penny-in-the-Slot machine for blowing out candles. Wartime savings taken to ridiculous lengths by William Heath Robinson who suggests

War-Time Economies Doing without Braces, WW1 Heath Robinson
War-Time Economies - A Sensible Way of Doing Without Braces. Another ingenious idea from William Heath Robinson, who suggests a strong magnet as an alternative to braces in order to keep ones

Advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce
Back of an advertisement for Holbrooks Fruit Sauce, of two bottles side by side -- actually an opened out needle holder. The verse describes how a husband would not eat any meat until his wife bought

End paper, Les Images en Musique
End paper, repeating design of a cat chasing a mouse, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

An interesting story, Les Images en Musique
A man fishing reads an interesting story from his book, while his dog barks at a fish, illustration in Les Images en Musique

The dancing lesson, Les Images en Musique
Cats taking part in a dancing lesson in a park, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

Snail and grasshoppers racing, Les Images en Musique
Snails with grasshopper jockeys taking part in a race, with a mole at the finishing line, illustration in Les Images en Musique

Evening bells, Les Images en Musique
Two dogs stop to pray when they hear the Angelus (evening bells), illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

Babys polka, Les Images en Musique
Babys polka, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

The hunters sleep, Les Images en Musique
A hunter sleeps while rabbits dance round him in a ring, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu. Date: 1908

Wreck of an airship, Les Images en Musique
The wreck of an airship, getting caught up on a chimney pot and a weathervane, illustration in Les Images en Musique, with illustrations by Benjamin Rabier and easy pieces for piano by Jane Vieu

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