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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.

absurdonio: Satiric illustration by George du Maurier. Punch, or the London Charivari, January 16, 1869. via Yesterday’s Papers

absurdonio:

Satiric illustration by George du Maurier.

Punch, or the London Charivari, January 16, 1869.

via Yesterday’s Papers

elfsmirk: dear-sebastian: Punch cartoon by George du Maurier— “Post-Prandial Pessimists.” SCENE— The smoking-room at the Decadents. First Decadent: “After all, Smythe, what would Life be without Coffee?” Second Decadent: “True Jeohnes, True!  And yet, after all, what is Life with Coffee?” Questions I ask myself every day. This is the darkest timeline. Punch, Oct. 15, 1892

elfsmirk:

dear-sebastian:

Punch cartoon by George du Maurier— “Post-Prandial Pessimists.”

SCENE— The smoking-room at the Decadents.

First Decadent: “After all, Smythe, what would Life be without Coffee?”

Second Decadent: “True Jeohnes, True!  And yet, after all, what is Life with Coffee?”

Questions I ask myself every day.

This is the darkest timeline.

Punch, Oct. 15, 1892

(Source: bloomsburyist)

heaveninawildflower: ‘The Old Umbrella’ ( 1886) an illustration from Punch magazine. I often wonder if J.W. Waterhouse once saw this illustration ( ‘Punch’ was an incredibly popular magazine) and based the figure in ‘Windflowers’ upon it. ‘Windflowers’ dates from 1903.

heaveninawildflower:

‘The Old Umbrella’ ( 1886) an illustration from Punch magazine. I often wonder if J.W. Waterhouse once saw this illustration ( ‘Punch’ was an incredibly popular magazine) and based the figure in ‘Windflowers’ upon it. ‘Windflowers’ dates from 1903.

klg19: Addlebrained addicts smoke out their brains to the tune of scorched old fiddler Nick-Otin. Fully titled ‘Old Nick-Otin Stealing “Away the Brains” of His Devotees’, a captioned cartoon in woodcut by N.N., in the London weekly Punch, Saturday, January 16 1869, page 21.  From a collection of comics and illustrations depicting the human head spiked or sucked, opened up, overflowing or downright exploding, at Yesterday’s Papers.

klg19:

Addlebrained addicts smoke out their brains to the tune of scorched old fiddler Nick-Otin. Fully titled ‘Old Nick-Otin Stealing “Away the Brains” of His Devotees’, a captioned cartoon in woodcut by N.N., in the London weekly Punch, Saturday, January 16 1869, page 21. 

From a collection of comics and illustrations depicting the human head spiked or sucked, opened up, overflowing or downright exploding, at Yesterday’s Papers.

the-seed-of-europe: A Good Riddance: “The King has done a popular act in abolishing the German titles held by members of His Majesty’s family.” Cartoon of George V of the United Kingdom in Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 27, 1917.

the-seed-of-europe:

A Good Riddance: “The King has done a popular act in abolishing the German titles held by members of His Majesty’s family.” Cartoon of George V of the United Kingdom in Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, June 27, 1917.

edwardianpromenade:

Life in the London Season, 1909

from Punch’s Almanack for 1909

treselegant: Dreadful boy. “My eye, Tommy, if I can’t see the Old Gal’s legs through the peep holes!” (Punch vol.30 1859).

treselegant:

Dreadful boy. “My eye, Tommy, if I can’t see the Old Gal’s legs through the peep holes!”

(Punch vol.30 1859).

treselegant: Chair proprietor. “Would you please to pay for the cheers, Mum? Lady. “How much?” Chair proprietor. “Well, Mum - How many might you be a sittin’ on?” (Punch vol.30 1859)

treselegant:

Chair proprietor. “Would you please to pay for the cheers, Mum?

Lady. “How much?”

Chair proprietor. “Well, Mum - How many might you be a sittin’ on?”

(Punch vol.30 1859)

victoriasrustyknickers: ‘Common Objects at the Seaside - Generally found upon the Rocks at low Water’ - Victorian ‘Beach Bums’ lampooned in Punch on August 21, 1858

victoriasrustyknickers:

‘Common Objects at the Seaside - Generally found upon the Rocks at low Water’ - Victorian ‘Beach Bums’ lampooned in Punch on August 21, 1858

treselegant: Punch vol.30 1856-62.

treselegant:

Punch vol.30 1856-62.