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1940 - Spring Reconnaissance - Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl and Mole make a guest appearance.
Cartoon by EH Shepard.
#WW2
The weekend was almost exactly like this...
April 1960 #cartoon by Leslie Wood.
@VictorianWeb A cheekier Toby with Mr Punch for the 1908 Almanack.
1956 - Aneurin Bevan - caricature by Ronald Searle (St. Trinians)
from the Heroes of Our Time series. #NHS
The 1st colour cartoon inside Punch - a double page spread, 1905 by Partridge. The figures on the right remind me of Alphonse Mucha.
#art
#OnThisDay in 1970 Humanist philosopher Bertrand Russell died. His grandfather Earl Russell was PM in 1865.
Cartoon by Ronald Searle, 1957.
1955 - "Anyhow, thank goodness science will never be allowed to mess about with the Good Old-fashioned Christmas."
cartoon: Rowland Emett
@FrenchAbsinthe @JennyMGardener Reminds me of Christmas in Soho by Frank Reynolds, 1930.
#art
Archive post: "A Victorian Institution in the Twentieth Century." Or: The Ongoing Mockings of Punch Magazine https://t.co/fKyybiJvL8
German artist Adolphe Menzel (BBC's Art Detectives) was a fan of Charles Keene & subscribed to Punch to see his work