Hungry Gallery

Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beef

'Market Reports' illustrated (Postcard series):
MEAT: "English beef was in fine condition."
This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange) is illustrated by a ruddy and rotund Eglish Country Squire taking great delight in the serving of probably the largest joint of beef you can imagine! Thankfully it does not appear it is all destined for his luncheon as there are other plates to be filled...!
1903

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Suffragette Female Agitator

One solution for dealing with the problem of the Female Agitator. Hang a lump of cheese around her neck, tie her hands behind her back and introduce a hungry rodent. Watch the suffragette recoil in terror, with beads of sweat dripping down her face! Date: circa 1912

© The March of the Women Collection/Mary Evans Picture Library

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Cartoon, The aperitif

Cartoon, The aperitif. A waiter stands beside a table whilst a seated couple read the menu. The woman asks her husband why he has such a good appetite. He replies that he only has to think of the poor people who are short of food. Date: 1919

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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