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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)

the-seed-of-europe: I’m not sure who added the caption about the Great War, but this cartoon actually appeared in Punch in 1905 and refers to the Russo-Japanese war. 

the-seed-of-europe:

I’m not sure who added the caption about the Great War, but this cartoon actually appeared in Punch in 1905 and refers to the Russo-Japanese war. 

(Source: tsarputte91, via pictishking)

asya-yay: It’s quite a burn to Germany and Kaiser Wilhelm. I think it would have done better to use an image of Kaiser Franz Josef to be more figurative and literal, but Wilhelm/Germany was likely more recognisable as the enemy to British readers as well as their primary antagonist in the war.  (originally published in “Punch” magazine in 1915) scanned photo from the website: http://www.pictorialgems.com/1915-Sick-Man-Of-Europe-Kaiser-Takes-Turkeys-Cot.39243 

asya-yay:

It’s quite a burn to Germany and Kaiser Wilhelm. I think it would have done better to use an image of Kaiser Franz Josef to be more figurative and literal, but Wilhelm/Germany was likely more recognisable as the enemy to British readers as well as their primary antagonist in the war. 

(originally published in “Punch” magazine in 1915)

scanned photo from the website: http://www.pictorialgems.com/1915-Sick-Man-Of-Europe-Kaiser-Takes-Turkeys-Cot.39243 

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astudyinsherlockiana: A humorous, and even slightly saucy, overview of the classic Holmes story structure that appeared in Punch Magazine in 1910. - The Sherlock Holmes Companion: An Elementary Guide, Daniel Smith (via astudyinsherlockiana)

astudyinsherlockiana:

A humorous, and even slightly saucy, overview of the classic Holmes story structure that appeared in Punch Magazine in 1910.

- The Sherlock Holmes Companion: An Elementary Guide, Daniel Smith

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yanguang: Punch magazine, 1903. Growing up, I would learn of stories of how folks would be shipped to the States during the California Gold Rush. My grandfather lived during those times. A great difference it would be if he had sailed West instead of South as he did.

yanguang:

Punch magazine, 1903.

Growing up, I would learn of stories of how folks would be shipped to the States during the California Gold Rush. My grandfather lived during those times. A great difference it would be if he had sailed West instead of South as he did.

perstephsanscouronne: questionableadvice: “A DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS.Sir Herculus Fitzanak admits that women occasionally rival men in intellect and character, but contends that their inferiority in strength and stature will prove an insuperable bar to their ever being placed on a footing of equality with the sterner sex. Miss Millicent Millefleurs says nothing, but thinks a great deal.” ~ Punch, 1886 via The Cat’s Meat Shop

perstephsanscouronne:

questionableadvice:

“A DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS.
Sir Herculus Fitzanak admits that women occasionally rival men in intellect and character, but contends that their inferiority in strength and stature will prove an insuperable bar to their ever being placed on a footing of equality with the sterner sex. Miss Millicent Millefleurs says nothing, but thinks a great deal.”

~ Punch, 1886
via The Cat’s Meat Shop

“Mill’s logic’ (Punch cartoon) The cartoon mocks John Stuart Mill’s attempt to replace the term ‘man’ with ‘person’, ie give women the right to vote, in the second Reform Bill of 1867. PRO LIBRARY Punch, p.129 (30 March 1867). Caption: MILL’S LOGIC; OR, FRANCHISE FOR FEMALES. “PRAY CLEAR THE WAY, THERE, FOR THESE - A - PERSONS.”

“Mill’s logic’ (Punch cartoon) The cartoon mocks John Stuart Mill’s attempt to replace the term ‘man’ with ‘person’, ie give women the right to vote, in the second Reform Bill of 1867. PRO LIBRARY Punch, p.129 (30 March 1867). Caption: MILL’S LOGIC; OR, FRANCHISE FOR FEMALES. “PRAY CLEAR THE WAY, THERE, FOR THESE - A - PERSONS.”

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.