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Wordplay Collection (#2)

Background imageWordplay Collection: Comic design, Disturbed by the Night Mare

Comic design, Disturbed by the Night Mare. 1831

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cartoon, Chipping Norton

Cartoon, Chipping Norton - See what a pretty Figure he cuts. early 19th century

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cartoon - The True Kings Bench

Cartoon - The True Kings Bench - a carpenter. early 19th century

Background imageWordplay Collection: Christmas card in the shape of a barometer

Christmas card in the shape of a barometer. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card
Bowler hat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Man in nightgown with comic verse on a Christmas card

Man in nightgown with comic verse on a Christmas card
Man in nightgown with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card, with a pun on Ear / Year. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Greeting on a New Year card

Greeting on a New Year card (possibly with a pun on Ear / Year). Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Ear with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Ear with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Comic pictogram verse on a greetings card

Comic pictogram verse on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Tools with comic verse on a Christmas card

Tools with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Metal pin with comic verse on a greetings card

Metal pin with comic verse on a greetings card
Metal pin with comic verse (including references to pipe smoking) on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Baby and boots puzzle on a Christmas card

Baby and boots puzzle on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Last and boots on a Christmas and New Year card

Last and boots on a Christmas and New Year card
Cobbler's last and boots on a comic Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Comic pictogram on a Christmas and New Year card

Comic pictogram on a Christmas and New Year card
Comic pictogram with a puzzle about family relationships on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Pictogram with comic verse on a Christmas card

Pictogram with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pictogram (The Times newspaper, a button, a joint of mutton) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Sealing wax and seal with comic verse on a Christmas card

Sealing wax and seal with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a greetings card

Wax, glue, gum and dye with comic verse on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Last Will and Testament with verse on a Christmas card

Last Will and Testament with verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Scarf and hand muff with comic verse on a Christmas card

Scarf and hand muff with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Joint of meat with comic verse on a Christmas card

Joint of meat with comic verse on a Christmas card
Joint of meat with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas card

Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas card
Piece of string with comic letter on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: 1895

Background imageWordplay Collection: Piece of string with comic verse on a Christmas card

Piece of string with comic verse on a Christmas card
Piece of string with comic verse instructions on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Flags and string with comic verse on a Christmas card

Flags and string with comic verse on a Christmas card
British and Welsh flags and string (representing a noose) with comic verse on a Christmas card at the time of the Boer War, with references to Steyn, Kruger, Buller and the Transvaal. Date: circa 1900

Background imageWordplay Collection: Grate with comic verse on a Christmas card

Grate with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Drunkard and bottle with comic verse on a Christmas card

Drunkard and bottle with comic verse on a Christmas card
Drunkard giving a red pillar box a cigar and a drink from a bottle, with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Clothes prop with comic verse on a Christmas card

Clothes prop with comic verse on a Christmas card
Clothes prop with washing line and socks, with comic verse on a Christmas card -- including a Leap Year proposal in advance of the following year. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Teapot with comic verse on a Christmas card

Teapot with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Cup of tea with comic verse on a Christmas card

Cup of tea with comic verse on a Christmas card
Cup of tea with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Sick man with comic verse on a Christmas card

Sick man with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Heart with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Heart with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Hand with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Hand with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card -- Auld Lang Syne. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Pair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas card

Pair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas card
Pair of feet with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Box of pills with comic verse on a Christmas card

Box of pills with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Newspaper with comic verse on a Christmas card

Newspaper with comic verse on a Christmas card
Newspaper (The Sun) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Crescent moon with comic verse on a Christmas card

Crescent moon with comic verse on a Christmas card
Crescent moon and lady with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Fishes with comic verse on a Christmas card

Fishes with comic verse on a Christmas card
Fishes (herrings and sprats) with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Metal stamp with comic verse on a Christmas card

Metal stamp with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Devil with comic verse on a Christmas card

Devil with comic verse on a Christmas card
Devil, newspaper and stamp with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Glove with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card

Glove with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Pair of scissors with comic verse on a New Year card

Pair of scissors with comic verse on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Pair of scissors with comic verse on a Christmas card

Pair of scissors with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Owl with comic verse on a Christmas card

Owl with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Chest warmer with comic verse on a Christmas card

Chest warmer with comic verse on a Christmas card
Chest warmer with comic verse on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Blazer with comic verse on a Christmas card

Blazer with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Toast with comic verse on a Christmas card

Toast with comic verse on a Christmas card
Toast and toasting fork with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Sword with comic verse on a Christmas card

Sword with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageWordplay Collection: Pudding and tooth with comic verse on a Christmas card

Pudding and tooth with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s



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