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#OTD 8 October 1896 the great PUNCH cartoonist George du Maurier died. He produced 1000s of cartoons for PUNCH, among them such classics as 'True Humility' (or the curate's egg) and 'The Six-Mark Tea-pot'
Today's PUNCH colour cover. By the great Ronald Searle 1958 #music #harps #music #musicians #performers #performances
Today's PUNCH Cartoon Classic. Uh-oh... "A Lady at the Ivories (after Vermeer)' Frank Reynolds 1926 #art #culture #artworks #parody #homage #paintings #billiards #pool
Today's PUNCH colour cartoon. One point of view. "All the same, you know, those aeroplanes that fly over Twickenham must get rather a jolly view of the game" Fougasse (Kenneth Bird) 1932 #sport #rugby #planes #aircraft #playingfields #teams #pointsofview
October marks the 80th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisisof 1962, though this PUNCH cartoon by Norman Mansbridge dates from 1961. #internationalrelations #Cuba #ColdWar #USSR #Russia #SovietUnion #USA #UnitedStates #Kennedy #Khrushchev #politics #escalation #war
Today's PUNCH colour cover. Has anything changed... 🤔 And who spilled coffee on the cover? One of those cats? Michael Heath 1987 #media #press #newspapers #sex #massmedia #sales #selling
Today's PUNCH Cartoon Classic. Major! "Why, I used to lie around and sleep all day, too, but that was before I discovered caffeine." Harley Schwadron 1987 #science #food #cats #behaviour #drinks #animals #discoveries #experiments
Today's PUNCH colour cover. They're behind you! Russell Brockbank 1956 #motoring #motorists #cars #driving #drivers #police #lawenforcement #vintage #highways #roads #countryside