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Hoffmann / Augustus / SoupTHE STORY OF AUGUSTUS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP "...& on the fifth day he was dead!"
Hoffmann / Suck-A-ThumbTHE STORY OF LITTLE SUCK-A- THUMB The great, long, red-legg d scissor-man cuts off Conrads thumbs
Hoffmann / Johnny Head-AirTHE STORY OF JOHNNY HEAD-IN- AIR Johnny falls into the river, much to the bewilderment of the fish
Hoffmann / Inky Boys / StoryTHE STORY OF THE INKY BOYS The great Agrippa dips the boys in his enormous ink well
Hoffmann / Shock / Head / PeteSHOCK HEADED PETER..." Never once has comb d his hair"
Hoffmann / Johnny Head AirTHE STORY OF JOHNNY HEAD-IN- AIR Johhny collides with a dog
Hoffmann / Man ShootingThe Story of the Man that Went out Shooting
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
Hoffmann / Harriet / MatchesTHE DREADFUL STORY ABOUT HARRIET & THE MATCHES " She burns all over everywhere"
Hoffmann / Shooting ManTHE STORY OF THE MAN THAT WENT OUT SHOOTING " At last he stumbled at the well, head over ears, & in he fell. The hare stopp d short, took aim, & hark!"
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
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
READING STRUWWELPETERA young girl improves her sense of right and wrong by reading Struwwelpeter, or Shockheaded Peter. Date: circa 1870
Edmund Gwenn in Der Struwwelpeter 1913Shocked-headed Peter, Edmund Gwenn (1877 1959), English actor as Peter in the famous German story book, first seen at the Garrick on Boxing Day
Hoffmann / Fidgety PhilipTHE STORY OF FIDGETY PHILIP Philip pulls the tablecloth & the evenings supper over himself
Ornate, glittery kitsch French Christmas Greetings postcard. Date: circa 1906
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
Heinrich Hoffmann / UberHEINRICH HOFFMANN German physician and poet, best known for his childrens book Struwwelpeter (1847), which he illustrated himself Date: 1809 - 1894
Hoffmann / Flying RobertTHE STORY OF FLYING ROBERT Robert out in the rain with his red umbrella, gets carried away by the wind
Hoffmann / Story Inky BoysTHE STORY OF THE INKY BOYS The white boys are now as black as the black-a-moor
Hoffmann / Inky Boys / TaleTHE STORY OF THE INKY BOYS Tall Agrippa & his inkwell
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