Lampoon Collection

Man riding on a steam rocket
The Flight of Intellect. A comic image of a thin man riding on a steam rocket, with his top hat flying off behind him. Portrait of Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess Quick & Speeds new patent high

Paul Kruger, State President of Transvaal as an Ogre
O!. Stephanus Johannes Paulus ( Paul ) Kruger, State President of the South African Republic (Transvaal) (1825-1905) - as an Ogre causing nightmares for various British Politicians of the day

Skegness is SO bracing - McGill parody of Hassall poster
Skegness is SO bracing - A Donald McGill parody of the famous Jolly Fisherman poster created by artist John Hassall in 1908 for the Great Northern Railway (GNR)

Timothy Michael Healey - Irish Nationalist Politician
Strong T. Timothy Michael Healey (1855-1931), an Irish Nationalist Politician and British MP. Date: 1900

The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi)
L Dorado. The Empress Dowager Cixi (Tzu-Hsi) (1835-1908) causing trouble for a (representation of) the Chinese Emperor. Date: 1900

Public Reading at the Cafe de Levante in Madrid
Leonardo Alenza y Nieto (1807-1845). Spanish painter. Public Reading at the Cafe de Levante in Madrid, circa 1825-1845. Lazaro Galdiano Museum. Madrid. Spain

Emile Zola - French Author
All Z - and Done. Emile Zola (1840-1902) - French Author, plunging Mercier, Baurepaire, Gonse, Zurlinden, Esterhazy and Paty into a pot/inkwell labelled Laboritory. Date: 1900

George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Ode of V. George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925) Viceroy of India - Arrogant, inflexible and was socially famous for his pronouncement that " Ladies do not move"

George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen - Chancellor
The Augmentative Y. George Joachim Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (1831-1907) - Financier and then Director of the Bank of England and later Chancellor of the Exchequer (1887-92). Date: 1900

Joseph Hodges Choate - American Ambassador to the UK
His X cellency. Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) - The American Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1899-1905) - very popular

First Viscount Wolseley and George Wyndham
Ws. Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, First Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913) issues orders to George Wyndham (1863-1913), former soldier, Politician and author. Date: 1900

Leonard Henry Courtney - Radical British Politician
U=Nivocal. Leonard Henry Courtney (1832-1913) - Radical British Politician and exponent of Proportional Representation and Critic of Imperial Expansion. Date: 1900

William Thomas Stead - Newspaper editor and Peace campaigner
A Pushing Stead. William Thomas Stead (18491912) - English newspaper editor who, pioneer of investigative journalism and peace campaigner. Died in the sinking of the Titanic

3rd Marquess of Salisbury - British Prime Minister
The Marks. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903) - British Conservative statesman and thrice Prime Minister, serving for a total of over 13 years. Date: 1900

Joseph Parker, Congregational Minister
Parkers Peace. Joseph Parker (1830-1902), Congregational Minister railing against the horror of the Turk (Sultan Abdul Hamid II). Date: 1900

John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
The M Pyrean. John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman, writer and newspaper editor. Date: 1900

Sir John Voce Moore leading Joseph Chamberlain
A Couple of Js. Serjeant-at-Arms Sir John Voce Moore (18261904), English businessman and Lord Mayor of London (1898) leading Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) into the House of Commons. Date: 1900

1st Earl Kitchener and Rudyard Kipling
K, k. Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) and Joseph Rudyard Kipling, British author (1865-1936). Date: 1900

German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II
The Top G. German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) as a boorish Struwwelpeter with beer and flag in hand... Date: 1900

Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Aspiring H. Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) - Chancellor of the Exchequer (1892-1895) - seated by the bedside of the church - bearing medicine for Bishops. Date: 1900

Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl of St Aldwyn
Capital F. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl of St Aldwyn (1837-1916), British Conservative politician - Chancellor of the Exchequer (1885-1886 and 1895-1902) Date: 1900

The Earl of Halsbury - Lord Chancellor
The Early E. Hardinge Stanley Giffard, The Earl of Halsbury (1823-1921) - Three times Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Date: 1900

Sir Edward George Clarke and Joseph Chamberlain
A Queer C. Sir Edward George Clarke (1841-1931), British Statesman and Lawyer and (in background, shooting) Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914). Date: 1900

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
The Big D. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908). Date: 1900

Roberts, Buller and Beresford
Busy Bs. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1913), Sir Redvers Buller (1839-1908) and William Leslie Beresford (1846-1918), British Naval Officer. Date: 1900

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour
The Indefinite Article - Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05). Date: 1900

WW1 - What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?
Child: " And is the War really over, Daddy? Father: " Practically, My Boy." Child: " Then may I ask you a question about it which I couldn t ask till it WAS over

The Country House Season 1915 by Charles Robinson, WW1
House party at Castle Bareacres coming down to dinner during the munitions season. A pastiche on the traditional, upper class house party of the pre-war era

WWII - Mussolini slips up invading Greece - First Day Cover. A nice pun on Greece and Grease. Date: 1941

Satirical cartoon, The March of Intellect, showing a street scene with balloons in the sky above. 1828

Satirical political cartoon, The Fall of Icarus, showing a plump, naked Earl Temple (Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos)

At the Top of His Voice by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
In 1914, the Kaiser prayed AT his God, but now he prays TO him. Cartoon in The Bystander by H. M. Bateman demonstrating the changing fortunes of Kaiser Wilhelm II during the First World War

Frederick Temple - Archbishop of Canterbury - caricatured
The Story of the High-Flyer. Frederick Temple (18211902) - a controversial English academic, teacher, churchman, and Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1896 until his death. Date: 1899

John Morley MP pulled out by Labby and Campbell-Bannerman
The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air (cont.). John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman

John Morley MP trips over Charles Frederic Hamond MP
The Story of Johnny Head-in-Air (cont.). John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (18381923) - British Liberal statesman

Earl of Halsbury and Erskine try to control Irish MP Tanner
The Story of Rackety Tanner (cont.). Hardinge Stanley Giffard, The Earl of Halsbury (1823-1921) - Three times Lord Chancellor of Great Britain and Sir Henry David Erskine (1838-1921)

Sir William Vernon Harcourt - His political journey
The Story of the Protestant Who Wouldn t. Sir William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) - Chancellor of the Exchequer (1892-1895)

Arthur James Balfour has hands cut off by Joseph Chamberlain
The Story of the Pushful One (cont.). Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05) has his hands cut off by Pushful Joe Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914). Date: 1899

Arthur James Balfour instructed by 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
The Story of the Pushful One. Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour (1848-1930) - Prime Minister (1902-05) instructed by Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil

Sir John Eldon Gorst sends 8th Duke of Devonshire into well
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst (cont.). Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout

Labouchere, Healy and Gibson Bowles covered in black ink
The Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Radical MP Henry Du Pre Labby Labouchere (1831-1912), Timothy Michael Healy (1855-1931)

Sir John Eldon Gorst aims gun at 8th Duke of Devonshire
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst (cont.). Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout

8th Duke of Devonshire and Sir John Eldon Gorst
The Story of the Duke and the Bunnygorst. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908) as a rather lazy layabout

Sir Wilfrid Lawson with Labouchere, Healy and Gibson Bowles
The Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (18291906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

Sir Wilfrid Lawson - English temperance campaigner
The Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (18291906) an English temperance campaigner and radical

Ashmead-Bartlett, Labouchere, Gibson Bowles and Healy
The Story of the Wicked Wags. Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett (18491902) - an American born British Conservative politician, Radical MP Henry Du Pre Labby Labouchere (1831-1912)

Rosebery conquers Hugh Price Hughes and Labby Labouchere
The Dreadful Story about Primrose and the Gee-Gee (cont.). Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929) - a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister

Rosebery menaced by Hugh Price Hughes and Labby Labouchere
The Dreadful Story about Primrose and the Gee-Gee. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929) - a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister

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