Humour Collection (page 99)

Mongrel puppy with a sheepdog in the park. Date: 1914

Mongrel puppy with three dogs in the park -- they laugh when he tells them he is a bloodhound. Date: 1914

Zeppelinanities: The airy humour of the Hun by H. M. Bateman
" Zeppelinanities. The airy humour of the Hun: a German air-raiders air-raising narrative illustrated by our caricaturist." This cartoon depicts the German zeppelin raid on London on 8

Its A Long, Long Way to - the C. O. WW1, H. M. Bateman
Its A Long, Long Way To - The C.O. : From Private to Pensioner; or, How a British Soldier Gained the Ear of His Colonel. Satirical cartoon by H. M

Royal Army Pay Corps group, WW1
Group photo, six men of the Royal Army Pay Corps, with a kitten, somewhere in France during the First World War. The sign reads: Cheer O, The Mugs. Date: circa 1918

Illustration, boating on the River Thames
Illustration, people boating on the River Thames, with a sailing match in progress. Date: 1832

Am Tag, Heath Robinson 4. A masked raid on Yarmouth Beach
Am Tag! Die Deutschen kommen! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 4. A masked raid on Yarmouth Beach

Illustration, John Reeve at the Adelphi Theatre, London
Illustration, John Reeve (1799-1838) in costume as the Great Comic Lion at the Adelphi Theatre, London. Reeve had appeared in plays based on works by Pierce Egan. Date: 1832

Illustration, Shaving a horse -- an event which led to an entertaining court case. Date: 1832

Illustration, Pierce Egans Book of Sports
Illustration to the opening page of Pierce Egans Book of Sports, showing people on a stagecoach on their way to the Epsom Races. A copy of Egans book is handed over. Date: 1832

Am Tag, Heath Robinson
Am Tag! Die Deutsche Kommen (Very)! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 2. With the aid of an ingenious device, the Germans send English dispatches astray

Am Tag, Heath Robinson 6. German spies in the British Museum
Am Tag! Die Deutschen kommen! Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England, by Heath Robinson. 6. German spies in the Graeco-Roman galleries of the British Museum

Cartoon, Pacific Overtures, or, a Flight from St Clouds over the Water to Charley, a new Dramatic Piece now Rehearsing, by James Gillray

Cartoon, The King of Brobdingnag and Gulliver. Scene: Gulliver manoeuvring with his little Boat in the Cistern. By James Gillray. A satire on King George III and Napoleon Bonaparte. Date: 1804

Illustration, Hawking and falconry
Illustration, hawking and falconry -- people in Elizabethan costume on horseback with falcons and dogs (probably an early 19th century reenactment). Date: 1832

Illustration, Monkey on board ship
Illustration, A monkey on board ship entertains the sailors by running off with someones hat. Date: 1832

The Day, Heath Robinson
The Day: The Germans Come - and are " Terror-ised". Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England-from the British side, by Heath Robinson

Illustration, The Jolly Anglers, showing a happy group of men fishing and relaxing on a riverbank. Date: 1832

The Day, Heath Robinson - the hoisting of the hostage
The Day: The Germans Come - and are " Terror" -ised. Incidents of the Coming German Invasion of England-from the British side, by Heath Robinson

Illustration, scene at an archery event
Illustration, Scene at an archery event of the 1790s, featuring the Bowmen (and Women) of Kent in historical costume, apparently held on Blackheath (which was then in Kent)

Illustration, The Corinthians at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, starting to join the Hunt. Date: 1832

Illustration, The Evergreen Sportsman of Woodford Wells
Illustration, Tom Rounding, The Evergreen Sportsman of Woodford Wells, a sporting club in Essex. Showing a foxhunter on horseback with hounds below. Date: 1832

Illustration, Tattersalls after the Derby Race
Illustration, Tattersall s, or, a Glance at the Settling Day after the Derby Race -- Felix Qui Nihil Debet (happy the man who owes nothing). An auction scene at the famous horse dealers. Date: 1832

Illustration, Steeplechase at St Albans (or rather in the surrounding countryside) on 8 March 1832, with nineteen competitors. Date: 1832

Illustration, Birmingham, winner of the St Leger Stakes
Illustration, Birmingham, a thoroughbred racehorse owned by Mr Beardsworth, winner of the St Leger Stakes at Doncaster in 1830. Date: 1832

Illustration, the late John Howell, the Sporting Tailor, driving his horse-drawn carriage through Margate, Kent. Date: 1832

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

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