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The Parents Who Came By Charabanc by H. M. BatemanA young Etonian school boy is aghast to find that his parents decide to travel to the Fourth of June celebrations in a charabanc along with a motley selection of ordinary folk. Date: 1933
The Angler Who Caught Something by H. M. BatemanAn amateur angler causes consternation among more serious fishing enthusiasts by catching a miniscule minnow. Cartoon in The Tatler by H. M. Bateman whose pictures poked fun at polite society
The Best People, by Gray and HopgoodThe Best People, a comedy by David Gray and Avery P Hopgood. First produced in England at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, March 1926, and later the same month at the Lyric Theatre, London
Huntsman losing control of his horse during a foxhunt, 19th century. Sponge in hunting pinks on a chestnut horse knocking Lord Scarperdale from his mount. Mr. Sponge completely scatters his lordship
Arrival of aristocracy at a dance ball in a grand house, 19th century. Sir Roger Ferguson is accompanied by Lady de Tabby and Mrs Freezer in crinolines
The maids laughing at a gardener dressed up in new footmans livery, 19th century. Mrs Lucy Somersville outfitting her staff in pea-green coat
I don t want him, my dear by H. M. Bateman" I don t want him, my dear - you buy him." Two sophisticated women regard an unpromising male specimen and discuss the merits of purchasing him. Date: 1930
The Die-Hard by Arthur WattsThe Die-Hard: A Study in the Supercilious. The die-hard takes his most treasured possession - a 20 year-old car - through the park to the amused contempt of the onlookers in their brand-new super-six
How to be unsuccessful in modern society - 2The hearty shows enthusiasm at a gathering of intelligentsia. Date: 1929
Class distinction between two schoolboys, discussing another boy: I have heard today that his father keeps a store! Date: circa 1895
The Clairvoyante who Foretold her own Marriage by H M BatemaA sequential cartoon by H.M. Bateman showing a woman studying cards to tell her own future. Believing they re predicting she ll meet the man she ll marry imminently
War Economy by A. Wallis Mills, WW1Lady Sybil de Vere: " Do look at those extraordinary people. Their clothes are quite new!" Sir Hugo: " Rotten bad form
Our Superior Inferiors - an upper class lady charity workerLady de Tomkyn (at Cabbage Charity Sale): " How on earth are we to clean these pototoes? I DARE not ask Simpson!" A well-meaning lady hoping to help out at a charity sale
Proud girl with her dog
The Etonian who had to play by H. M. BatemanHumorous illustration by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman entitled, The Etonian Who Was Asked to Play Nuts and May showing a snobbish boy in Eton suit looking aghast
Lady on Phone 1919Lady uses a candlestick telephone to receive congratulations on her husbands knighthood which she thinks will raise their status with the servants