Plump Collection (page 7)

Dom Perignon, French monk and cellarer
Dom Perignon (1638-1715), French Benedictine monk who is often (incorrectly) credited with the invention of sparkling champagne

Jac Kerner / Dittmarsch
JUSTINUS ANDREAS CHRISTIAN KERNER German poet and physician Date: 1786 - 1862

Cartoon, Family man, WW1
Cartoon, Family man. A middle aged French soldier reprimands a young German soldier for shooting at him. He says if he didn t have a boy of his age, he would give him a couple of slaps. Date: 1916

WW1 drawing, fat corporal stuck in a trench
WW1 comic drawing showing a fat corporal stuck in a trench. Date: 1914-1918

Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, WW1
Cartoon, The New Dance Mistress, showing an Austro-Hungarian or German officer in eastern costume introducing a plump German woman, Fraulein Gans (Miss Goose)

Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge with three children
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (Duchess of Teck) with three of her children, including May (lower left), who became Queen Mary. Date: circa 1870s

Jack Sprat could eat no fat... 19th century

Woman and girl riding a small donkey
A rather plump woman and a little girl riding a small donkey on a sunny day

Jcp Bonaparte / Punch 1883
JOSEPH-CHARLES-PAUL BONAPARTE Prince Napoleon, nicknamed Plon-Plon, made fun of by France for his manifesto

Alfred Werner / Nobel 1913
ALFRED WERNER Swiss chemist

Two cherubs on a greetings card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Comic postcard, Man visiting the doctor Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, help with suitcases Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Mother and daughter at station
Comic postcard, Mother giving her daughter advice as she is about to leave on a train Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple leapfrogging on the beach - I m full of fun and fancy free! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, gondola on the lake with ducks Date: 20th century

People on the ice on a comic Christmas card
Two men skating on thin ice, accompanied by a dog, on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset. Date: circa 1890s

Man with champagne bottle on a Christmas card
Man with a humanised champagne bottle on a Christmas and New Year card -- Champagne and Real Pain. Date: circa 1890s

Cadburys Happy Families - Master Flavour
Cadburys Cocoa Cubs Happy Families - Master Flavour the Chefs Son. circa 1950

Woman standing outside a grocers shop, with window display and numerous advertisements. Date: circa 1930s

Magician with two white doves, Cornwall
Magician in a sparkly red costume and silver top hat with two white doves perched on her hands, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Cartoon, German women also Uber Alles, WW1
Cartoon, German women are also Uber Alles. Six scenes depicting German women and their influence on everyday life. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Boche idealism, WW1
Cartoon, Boche idealism -- a fat German with food and drink on the table and portraits of two German philosophers (Leibniz and Kant) on the wall. Date: 1915

WW2 Valentines Day card, Home Guard
WW2 Valentines Day card, Let me be your Home Guard for life, design by Bert Thomas. Date: circa 1942

Cartoon satirising German soldiers, WW1
Cartoon satirising German soldiers during the First World War: Goot gracious me! Here kom der 16th Royal Scots. Date: 1914-1915

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)

Herero man, German South West Africa
A native Herero man in German South West Africa (now Namibia), either before or during the First World War. A rebellion by the Hereros against the German colonists took place between 1904 and 1907

Madame Eugenie Petain, wife of General Petain, seen here during the Second World War, getting out of a car somewhere in Germany. Date: 1944

The Beggars Opera, piano music cover
Cover design on a book of piano music for The Beggars Opera, by John Gay, first performed in 1728. A plump man of the 18th century is depicted, taking a bow at the theatre footlights

Cartoon of G K Chesterton, writer
Cartoon of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, writer

Census / 1901 / John Bull
John Bulls tailor measures him for a new suit - a satirical comment on a dramatic rise in population, as demonstrated by the 1901 Census

Comic postcard, woman and policeman in a street -- Could you see me across the road, Mr Policeman? -- Why, bless yer Mum, I could spot you a mile off. Date: circa 1900s

Comic postcard, couple in an art gallery where the Venus de Milo is on display -- If thats how woman ought to look, I fear they made a howling mess of you, my dear. Date: circa 1900s

Father and suitor on a postcard -- Why do you object to my marrying your daughter? -- Because you can t support her in the style shes been accustomed to all her life

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of the character
All the following images are pages from the same flyer. This one shows the lay brother, Pelican, who supplies much of the comedy. Glass in hand, he is saying I wanted that badly

Inspiration by H. M. Bateman
" Why, thats the very thing" ! A rather large and curvaceous 1920s lady contemplates a fashion magazine featuring the slim and sinuous fashions of the decade. Date: 1929

The Co-Optimists is the title of a stage variety revue which opened in London on 27 June 1921at the Royalty Theatre but quickly transferred to the much larger Palace Theatre

Woman selling greenery in street, Covent Garden, London
Woman selling greenery on a pavement stall in a street in Covent Garden, London. Date: circa 1960s

How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 1
The stout young man breaks tradition by not going to the fancy-dress ball as a baby. Date: 1929

East Lynne from Mrs Henry Woods novel written in 1861. The caption reads Come With Me, My Little Darling, Im Running You In

Owner standing outside jewellers shop, USA
Owner standing outside his jewellers shop, North America, taken on 14 October 1909. Date: 1909

Beauty and the Barge, by Jacobs and Parker
Beauty and the Barge, by W W Jacobs and Louis N Parker. First produced at the New Theatre, London, August 1904 (preceded by That Brute Simmons). Date: 1904

Herbert Campbell, music hall singer
Herbert Campbell (1846-1904), popular music hall singer and Drury Lane pantomime performer. Date: circa 1900s

Victorian scrap - Ignorant democracy
Victorian scrap - Political Types - Ignorant Democracy. late 19th century

Cartoon, John Corlett of the Sporting Times
Cartoon, John Corlett (1841-1915), founder, proprietor and editor of The Sporting Times. Never mind how full our music halls may be, there is always room to squeeze a little one in! 1884

Cartoon, A Seasonal Warning, MPs Beware - a commentary on the Votes for Women campaign. 1909

Cartoon, Charles Harris -- He maketh joy among the Supers. He was in charge of supernumeraries or theatre extras, for example children in pantomimes at Drury Lane Theatre. 1884

Charles Kemble as Falstaff in Henry IV
Charles Kemble in the role of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeares King Henry IV. 1827

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