Humour Collection

Cartouche Made up of People

Satirical images of an Air Balloon
Set of 12 satirical images with captions of an Air Balloon, showing filling, flying, reaching the moon, coming back to earth, and bursting. 1784

Jacks Pet. Edwardian humour. The sailor with the housemaid. Date: circa 1905

The Old Mans Pet. Edwardian humour. The head of the house and the housemaid. Date: circa 1905

Colour poster - British Military
Making his Mouth Water, 1899. Colour photolithograph reproducing a poster advertising Wright & Greig Ltd, Distillers, Glasgow, Roderick Dhu Whisky, made by Tom Browne and Co

Buttons Pet. Edwardian humour. The bell-boy and the housemaid. Date: circa 1905

The Young Mans Pet. Edwardian humour. The young dandy and the housemaid. Date: circa 1905

Papas Tootsies. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

Funnygraph. Edwardian humour with clown and a dog surprised at what he sees when looking into a mutoscope. Date: 1903

Roberts plates of meat. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

Sisters Tootsies. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

Bobbys Pet. Edwardian humour. The policeman with the housemaid. Date: circa 1905

Sisters young mans Tootsies. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

WW2 Poster -- Careless Talk Costs Lives
but for Heavens sake don t say I told you! Careless Talk Costs Lives. Colour photolithograph poster by Cyril Kenneth Bird (Fougasse)

Cooks beetle-crushers. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

Mamas Tootsies. Edwardian humour. Date: circa 1905

Business card design, man with large hat
Business card design, depicting a man standing inside a large round hat box, with a large trilby hat in his hand. 20th century

Satirical ballooning image
A rude satirical image of large and small balloons tied together, lifting a cannon, entitled The Montgolsier. A first rate of the French Aerial Navy. A Fart, an Ass, a Fool, A Monkey, a Nothing. 1783

Satirical ballooning cartoon, Lord Grenville
He Steers His Flight. Satirical cartoon on the subject of Lord Grenvilles installation as Chancellor of Oxford University

Cartoon, tickling an elephant
Cartoon by John Hassall: Tickle! Tickle! Tommy holds up a peacock feather and says: See me make im jump and throw Billy orf. 20th century

Two men in pale blue matching casual outfits, in a Mediterranean setting. 1970s

Satirical cartoon, Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting

Satirical cartoon, The Flight of Fashion
Satirical cartoon entitled The Flight of Fashion, with two scenes: A peep at Hop-Tons, and Grappling, Expansion, Escape, Descent, Buoyant. 1829

Satirical cartoon, Locomotion
Satirical cartoon: Locomotion. Walking by Steam. Riding by Steam. Flying by Steam. Showing two women riding a wheeled vehicle made of a large teapot

Satirical cartoon, Locomotion Plate 2, A few small inconveniences Theres nothing perfect. Showing a man in a steam powered walking machine with things going wrong all around him. circa 1835

Business card design, bell boy with bottle
Business card design, depicting a small hotel bell boy in a green uniform carrying a large red bottle. 20th century

Satirical ballooning cartoon
Keegans Balloon 1784. A rude satirical cartoon showing a hot air balloon emitting flames and a head labelled The English Balloon 1784, with a crowd of people standing round

Satirical cartoon, raising a balloon
Satirical cartoon, Moyen infaillible d enlever les Ballons -- a group of commedia dell arte characters trying to raise a balloon on a wooden frame. circa 18th century

Satirical cartoon on ballooning

Satirical cartoon, A Rising Statesman
Satirical political cartoon, A Rising Statesman. Showing a young politician with an older man in a balloon gondola, waving his hat to an imaginary crowd below

Satirical cartoon, An Appropriate Text!, showing a street preacher preaching to four bored-looking people while a large crowd watches the launch of the Charles Green balloon

Fanciful ballooning scene

Man riding on a steam rocket
The Flight of Intellect. A comic image of a thin man riding on a steam rocket, with his top hat flying off behind him. Portrait of Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess Quick & Speeds new patent high

Departing by balloon

Smiling face balloon
Satirical cartoon showing a smiling human face as a balloon in process of being inflated, implying a madness perhaps caused by the gas entering the brain. 1784

Poster, Jersey Airways
Poster, I m going by Jersey Airways, showing monkeys, a pig and a puppy rejecting alternative means of transport. Lawson Wood produced an number of posters for Jersey Airways which from its formation

The Gasper front cover, World War I
Front cover of The Gasper, a trench newspaper during the Great War for the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st Royal Fusiliers, with a humorous cartoon on the cover showing a Scottish soldier peering through

The Debs Dictionary by Oliver Herford - front cover
Front cover of The Debs Dictionary, a humorous anthology of the terms surrounding the world of the debutante in the 1930s

Granpop decorates his tree house by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration depicting Gran pop, the orang-utan character created by Lawson Wood, happily painting patterns on his new roof tree

Granpop rides the Cresta by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration featuring Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood hurtling down a piste head-first on a toboggan, much to the bemusement of a small monkey and bear. Date: 1935

Commandeered - postcard by Lawson Wood
Commandeered - A postcard by Lawson Wood showing two solid-looking British soldiers commandeering a (now very upset) young lads toy horse. 1914

Two teddy bears playing with snowballs. 20th century

Lawson Wood - Pre-War Gran pop?
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing a small monkey and the famous orang utan character called Granpop eating boiled eggs

Granpop Gets Down to Brass Tacks by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his orang utan character, Granpop, descending a ladder only to stand painfully on some brass tacks. His porcine companion seems to find this hilarious

Granpop Makes Whoopee for the Royal Wedding
Lawson Woods own tribute to the 1934 royal wedding between Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, showing his orang utan character

Granpop Tests the Swimming Pool Water by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his creation Granpop, an orang-utan, testing a teacup of water before his animal friends launch themselves from a makeshift springboard

Suffragettes - Christmas Dinner in Holloway by Lawson Wood
Four portly prison officers and policemen force feed a handcuffed suffragette Christmas pudding from the police buffet trolley in Holloway Prison. 1912

Granpop Thinks more Juice is Required by Lawson Wood
Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood enjoys a ride in a homemade, ramshackle carriage pulled by a sweltering little monkey on a bicycle

Gran pops Nutcracker Suite by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang utan character, Granpop, together with the help of some monkeys and a pig, attempting to crush a coconut with a homemade nutcracker. Date: 1934

A Googlie by Lawson Wood
A bear batsman looks concerned as a determined monkey bowls a googlie at his batting partner. Date: 1930

Wheres Its Streamline? by Lawson Wood
Illustration by Lawson Wood featuring his creation, the wily orang-utan, Granpop nonchalantly sitting in the branches of a tree eating a banana

Granpop Does a Bit of Animal Grab by Lawson Wood
A game of cards between an Granpop, a pig and a monkey becomes rather fraught. Date: 1934

Two teddy bears playing on a seesaw
Two teddy bears playing on an improvised seesaw, made from a plank and part of a tree trunk. Teddy went up and Teddy went down, One in the air and the other on his crown. 20th century

Family of teddy bears in bed
A family of six or seven teddy bears in bed -- When Father Teddy says Turn we all Turn. 20th century

Teddy bears in a gymnasium
A group of teddy bears in a gymnasium, being told off by a schoolteacher teddy bear wearing glasses and carrying a cane. 20th century

Gran pops Shadow Show by Lawson Wood
Three little monkeys chuckle with glee as Gran pop, the orang utan character created by artist Lawson Wood entertains them with a shadow puppet show. Date: 1935

Gran pops Cocktail Party by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration depicting Gran pop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood, who was a regular feature of The Sketch during the 1930s

Granpop does a bit of plumbing by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his orang utan character, Gran pop embarking on a bit of plumbing by trying to fashion a shower (perhaps)

Cartoon, Knuckledown Fair, showing a busy scene at a fairground. early 19th century

British soldiers on bathing parade, Western Front, WW1

Naked man washing in very small tub
A naked man washing in a very small tub. 20th century

British soldiers giving sports display, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers giving a sports display for the Duke of Connaught and others near the Western Front in France during World War One. Seen here having a pillow fight over water. circa 1916

Foretunate by William Heath Robinson
Some close shaves at St. Andrews. A golfer strikes a ball which, through incredible good luck, manages to miss everyone standing in its path

Futuristic operagoers in flight -- coming out of the opera house and heading for a restaurant or home. 19th century

Advertisement for Martex continental bath towel
Advertisement for the Martex continental bath towel, for the man who has almost anything. Showing a supercilious butler holding up a large white towel for a man sitting in his bath. 20th century

Valentines card with teddy bear and red heart
A Valentines card with a teddy bear hugging a red heart -- Heartily Yours! circa early 20th century

Advertisement for Mansion Polish

Saucy seaside postcard
A saucy seaside postcard, showing two women in their bathing costumes, chatting on the beach. 20th century

Advertisement for Arrow sport shirts: how to stay cool when the heat is on. Two men are so busy talking, they ve forgotten to keep an eye on the barbecue. 20th century

Too Many Cooks by Lawson Wood
A policeman on the beat around a smart London square appears to be blissfully unaware of the cooks emerging from each house to gaze adoringly at him. Date: 1922

Gran pops nose is put out of joint by Lawson Wood
Now that King Kong has appeared in London, this might happen to Gran pop (the wily orang utan created by artist, Lawson Wood) at any moment

Squander Bug Wanted Poster - World War Two
World War Two poster which is a spoof of a Western style Wanted poster showing a mug shot of the squander bug, aka Hitlers pal, who

Charity event at Kew Gardens, west London, with people fishing for beer bottles. In the lower picture, a woman tries to get onto a wooden horse. circa 1920s

Polar bears skating at the North Pole
A group of polar bears skating at the North Pole -- an advertisement for Au Bon Marche, Paris. circa late 19th century

Song sheet cover, Les Baigneuses de Cucurron, showing three women bathing in a river, observed by three shocked clergymen. 19th century

Teddy bears in a classroom
A group of teddy bears in a classroom, trying to learn their sums. The teacher bear is punishing a little bear by pulling his ear in front of the blackboard. 20th century

Satirical cartoons, Arnhem landings and Dutch collaboration
Satirical Dutch cartoons, showing Allied soldiers landing by parachute at Arnhem on 17 September 1944 (left, known as Operation Market Garden)

Granpops Lodge of Instruction
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang-utan character, Granpop together with a monkey and a pig attending a Freemasons meeting at a makeshift Lodge! 1934

With Granpops best wishes by Lawson Wood
Humorous and rather sweet illustration by Lawson Wood showing his orang utan character Gran pop giving out Christmas presents to all his animal chums

Granpop gives him an earful by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood showing Granpop (Lawson Woods wily orang-utan) throwing tomatoes at a thieving pig. Date: 1934

Superstitions
" An interesting instance of the popular aversion to walking under a ladder". A group of superstitious pedestrians find themselves in a bit of a scrum as they attempt to squeeze through

Snow family Christmas dinner by Oliver Herford
A family of snowmen sit down together for Christmas lunch. I just hope that turkey isn t too hot. December 1925

Dog poses for the camera
Lovely scene showing a biddable terrier adopting the " beg" position and posing beautifully for his owner who holds a rather nice looking camera

Puppy and kitten with hammock
Puppy and kitten with a red and white striped hammock -- In for an easy time, with a bit of luck!

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