Framed Prints
Photo Prints
Jigsaw Puzzles
Poster Prints
Canvas Prints
Metal Prints
Gilbert & Sullivan Operas, D Oyly Carte SouvenirD Oyly Cartes Season of Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Souvenir Programme, Princes Theatre, London, 29 September 1919 - 31 January 1920, showing a large cast of characters from the operettas. 1919-1920
Discovery of a Dandelion on Centre CourtThe crowd, groundsmen, officials and players on the Centre Court of Wimbledon are astonished to discover the presence of a cheeky dandelion on the court
The Car That Touched a Policeman by H.M. BatemanAn entire queue of traffic, as well as pedestrians stop and look on in horror as a couple driving a small, yellow car accidentally bump an incandescently irate policeman in the middle of the road
Poster, The Vegetabull, a vegetable dish made with dried eggs or household milk is as good as a joint (post-WW2 rationing was still going on at this time). 1947
Man riding on a steam rocketThe 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 pressure Steam Riding Rocket
His Masters Breath - SatireHis Masters Breath Satirical play on the dog/gramophone logo for His Masters Voice, substituting the music player for a whiskey jar and funnel
The Favourite Wins by H.M. BatemanHumorous illustration by H.M. Bateman showing a reversal of roles. A group of jockeys in different coloured silks sprint for the finishing post while excitable horses in the stands cheer on the winner
A Decided Catch by William Heath RobinsonThe Whitebait cycle, an ingenious contraption necessitated by the exorbitant charges for hire of boats at the seaside this season
Consequences, illustration by William Heath RobinsonConsequences -- How the thoughtlessness of a butterfly seriously affected a bishops corn, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Swanking at Whitley BayI M SWANKING LIKE AN HEIRESS AT WHITLEY BAY - I VE FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT WORK ! Date: circa 1910
They say cleanliness is next to Godliness - but I say its next to impossible. A young child fails to clean their grimy knees no matter how hard they scrub! Date: 1933
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - with two kittens. circa 1910s
Louis Wain - Turkish BathLouis Wain - two cats in a Turkish Bath. circa 1900s
His Broadcast Masters Voice by George StuddyA spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy
A Miner Success by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon" They must ave ad some good news or somethin, Alf; you can ear em cheerin quite plain." Two British Tommies, Bill and Alf
David Attenborough, British naturalistDavid Attenborough. Caricature of the British naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 1926) holding a frog
Victorian scrap - dentist pulling a tooth. late 19th century
Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, handler at Peterborough ShowIllustration by Cecil Aldin, Tom Newman, the Duke of Beauforts huntsman, taking part as a handler at the Peterborough Foxhound Show
A cunning stroke by William Heath RobinsonA clever but unsportsmanlike contrivance to increase buoyance and prevent fatigue among Channel swimmers. A useful inflatable idea to help long-distance swimmers by the gadget king
William Tell, Junr. by George StuddyBonzo suffers from his masters new craze for freak golf. Poor Bonzo gets whacked on the head with a golf club when his owner decides to use his nose instead of a tee on the green
Hay Fever, by Noel Coward, Gaiety Theatre, HastingsHay Fever, a comedy by Noel Coward, at the Gaiety Theatre, Hastings, starring Kate Cutler
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - front cover. circa 1910s
Female jockeys riding gentlemen like horsesTwo women jockeys with riding crops, spur on their steeds - not horses, but top-hatted and tailed gentlemen who wear bridles in their mouths
JOE LONGTHORNE, COMEDIAN 19 / 04 / 1989JOE LONGTHORNE, COMEDIAN 19/04/1989
Lenny Henry, comedian, having some fun at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. June 1978. Sir Lenworth George Henry, CBE (born 29 August 1958), known as Lenny Henry, is a British stand-up comedian, actor
Manila Carnival, The Philippines - Miss Ilocos SurIllustration after Walter Dendy Sadler (18541923) of his painting Thursday (Tomorrow will be Friday) of 1880, showing a group of jovial monks out fishing. Date: 1880
Four frogs ice skating on a Christmas cardFour frogs ice skating hand in hand on a Christmas card, with comic verse below. circa 1890s
Cover design, The Pickwick Papers by Charles DickensCover design for the first instalment of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, by Charles Dickens. 1836
Six owl bellringers on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Owl and foxes carrying food on a Christmas cardAn owl and three foxes carrying a roast bird, cutlery and holly through the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Market Reports - English Country Squire carves the beefMarket Reports illustrated (Postcard series): MEAT: " English beef was in fine condition." This report on English beef (as a commodity traded on the Stock Exchange)
His Masters Vice by George StuddyBonzo finds that consumption of his masters favourite drink has an unforeseen effect. A small puppy lies in a deliciously drunken stupour after helping himself to perhaps some gin or whiskey from a decanter on a table
Fair Exchange by George StuddyBonzo and the baby find fair exchange is no robbery. A rather alarming scene where the comic canine creation of George Studdy, Bonzo
James Doughty, oldest clown in EnglandJames Doughty of Brighton, at the time of this photograph the oldest clown in England, about to celebrate his 94th birthday. Seen here in costume with two of his performing dogs
The Mikado at the SavoySketches from The Mikado at the Savoy Theatre in London: The Mikado (Mr R. Temple), Nanki-Pooh (Mr Durward Lely), Katisha (Miss Brandram), Pooh-Bah (Mr R)
The Young Ones filming on location in Bristol. Starring Rik Mayall as Rick, Nigel Planer as Neil, Christopher Ryan as Mike and Adrian Edmondson as Vyvyan. August 1982
La Poupee by Arthur SturgessPromotional postcard for La Poupee, a comic operetta by Arthur Sturgess from the French of Maurice Ordonneau (Theatre de la Gaiete, Paris, 21st October 1896); music Edmond Audran
Drawing the cork, illustration by William Heath RobinsonHow to draw the cork when you can t find the corkscrew, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C
Bonzo adds a fifth to the quartetBonzo, listening to music on the radio, adds a fifth to the quartet, and starts to howl. Date: 1923
A Miscarriage of JusticeA rather wicked looking Bonzo sniggers to himself as his brother gets a telling off for some naughty prank of which is entirely innocent
A Cat and Dog Life by George StuddyBonzo finds that sharing life with the household cat bears out the old phrase - a cat-and-dog life. Bonzo, the cartoon canine creation of artist George Studdy in The Sketch
William Kemp, DancerWILLIAM KEMP(E) English actor and dancer in comic roles. Famous for jigs and for morris dancing from London to Norwich
Two kittens with a drumkitUnusual Friends - two kittens with a drumkit. 1950s
Scene from Mozarts opera The Marriage of Figaro. (Le Nozze di Figaro), comic opera (opera buffa) with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte (1749-1838) after Beaumarchais
Edwin Hubble, US astronomer C008 / 8831Edwin Hubble. Caricature of the US astronomer, cosmologist, athlete and boxer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) smoking a pipe
The Rules of Life by H. M. BatemanA baby in a highchair is presented with a long list of rules for life by a queue of influential people including his nurse, his parents, teacher, police officer, judge and vicar. Date: 1930
Arthur Roberts, music hall entertainerARTHUR ROBERTS Music hall entertainer. Date: 19th century
