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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

findingsherlock: Historical Mustaches I Have Known- John Tenniel View Postshared via WordPress.com

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ponderful: By John Tenniel, from Punch Magazine

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By John Tenniel, from Punch Magazine

klg19: Nice!  As you can see from Disraeli’s distinctive profile, as well as from the JT monogram in the lower left, this was drawn by John Tenniel, best known as the illustrator of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books.  Via victoriasrustyknickers: Punch Cartoon featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin, offering Queen Victoria an imperial crown in exchange for a royal one. Published on April 15, 1876

klg19:

Nice!  As you can see from Disraeli’s distinctive profile, as well as from the JT monogram in the lower left, this was drawn by John Tenniel, best known as the illustrator of Lewis Carroll’s Alice books. 

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Punch Cartoon featuring Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, as Abanazer from the pantomime version of Aladdin, offering Queen Victoria an imperial crown in exchange for a royal one.

Published on April 15, 1876