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Man riding on a steam rocketThe 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 OgreO!. 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 posterSkegness 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 PoliticianStrong 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 MadridLeonardo 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 AuthorAll 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 KedlestonOde 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 - ChancellorThe 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 UKHis X cellency. Joseph Hodges Choate (1832-1917) - The American Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1899-1905) - very popular
First Viscount Wolseley and George WyndhamWs. 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 PoliticianU=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 campaignerA 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 MinisterThe 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 MinisterParkers 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 BlackburnThe 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 ChamberlainA 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 KiplingK, k. Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916) and Joseph Rudyard Kipling, British author (1865-1936). Date: 1900
German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm IIThe 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 ExchequerAspiring 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 AldwynCapital 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 ChancellorThe 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 ChamberlainA 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 DevonshireThe Big D. Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire (1833-1908). Date: 1900
Roberts, Buller and BeresfordBusy 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 BalfourThe 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, WW1House 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
WWI - Propaganda postcard - Kaisers dream bubbles burstWWI - Propaganda postcard - The German Kaisers dream bubbles are popping before his eyes. By this point however (late 1914)
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)
Edward VII lampooned with a Chastity BeltFrench postcard lampooning British Monarch King Edward VII, by picturing him in association with a Chastity Belt. Edward was known to have had a number of extra-marital affairs whilst Prince of
Morocco - A man from a Tabor (Moorish battalion)A Satire of a Moorish Moroccan soldier from a tabor. A tabor is a Moroccan military term used to describe a formation of three of four goums
At the Top of His Voice by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoonIn 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 - caricaturedThe 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-BannermanThe 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 MPThe 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 TannerThe 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 journeyThe 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 ChamberlainThe 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 SalisburyThe 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 wellThe 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 inkThe 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 DevonshireThe 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 GorstThe 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 BowlesThe Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (18291906) an English temperance campaigner and radical
Sir Wilfrid Lawson - English temperance campaignerThe Story of the Wicked Wags (cont.). Sir Wilfrid Lawson, 2nd Baronet (18291906) an English temperance campaigner and radical
Ashmead-Bartlett, Labouchere, Gibson Bowles and HealyThe 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 LabouchereThe 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 LabouchereThe 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
Joseph Chamberlain dream of Paul Kruger feeding him medicineThe Story of Cruel Joseph (cont.) - Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) dreams of being doctored (fed medicine) by a smiling South African Transvaal Republic leader Paul Kruger (1825-1905). Date: 1899
Story of Cruel Joseph - Joseph Chamberlain and Paul KrugerThe Story of Cruel Joseph (cont.) - Joseph Chamberlain tries to reach accord with the South African Boer leader Paul Kruger (1825-1905) (as a boar), but only ends up getting his ankles bitten
The Neglected Lion. The British Lion as Struwwelpeter, neglected by his politicians who " tinker up the laws and never manicure his claws." ! Date: 1899
The Story of Cruel Joseph - Joseph ChamberlainThe Story of Cruel Joseph. Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) as the political menace, making trouble for Tories and Radicals
Loving Memory of the German Sausage - Kaiser Wilhelm II Date: circa 1919
Satirical cartoon, The Flight of FashionSatirical cartoon entitled The Flight of Fashion, with two scenes: A peep at Hop-Tons, and Grappling, Expansion, Escape, Descent, Buoyant. 1829
Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect No. 2, showing various forms of transport including balloons and other flying machines. circa 1828
Satirical cartoon on ballooning
Smiling face balloonSatirical cartoon showing a smiling human face as a balloon in process of being inflated, implying a madness perhaps caused by the gas entering the brain. 1784
Satirical ballooning cartoonSatirical cartoon: The Aerostatic Stage Balloon sets out from Swan with two necks Various passengers can be seen, sitting on three levels. They include royalty, a pope, a cardinal and a devil. 1783
Cartoon on Stock Exchange Settlement TermsUntil Big Bang in the City of London (1986), there was a settlement day (every fortnight) for the payment of stocks and shares - this period was known as The Account
