Punch Collection

Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving)
6034701 Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames)

Daniel Mendoza, engraved by Henry Kinsbury, 1789 (litho)
XJF377272 Daniel Mendoza, engraved by Henry Kinsbury, 1789 (litho) by Robineau, Charles Jean (d.c.1787) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight
SUGAR RAY ROBINSON (1921-1989). Walker Smith, Jr. Robinson (right) during the seventh round of a fight against Carmen Basilio, 1957

Cecil Rhodes
CECIL RHODES Statesman, financier, imperialist. Caricatured as a colossus bestriding Africa

Jascha Heifetz / Punch 20
JASCHA HEIFETZ American violinist

The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock, 1851 (late 19th or early 20th century). Artist: Pugnis
The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock, 1851 (late 19th or early 20th century). An illustration from Famous Fights

Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece
Cartoon of an Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece, in the Ballad of the Ichthyosaurus

1855 Punch Dinosaurs Crystal Palace
1855 Cartoon from Punchs Almanac of that year, ascribed to John Leech. " A visit to the antediluvian reptiles at Sydenham - master Tom strongly objects to having his mind improved"

Punch cartoon: A Warning - Wagners Ring Cycle (engraving)
6034909 Punch cartoon: A Warning - Wagners Ring Cycle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: A Warning - Wagners Ring Cycle)

Christmas scene with Santa Claus and yule log. There are rabbit musicians, geese pulling the log, a pudding, a boars head, and people carrying flaming torches. 19th century

Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx
MARCIANO & CHARLES, 1954. Rocky Marciano (left) defending his heavyweight title in a fight against Ezzard Charles at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City, 17 June 1954

Holmes in a Fight / C20Th
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST Holmes engages in fisticuffs against a slogging ruffian

Bystander cover 1929 - In Training - Boxing woman
A woman in a fetching sporty outfit of silky shorts and stockings takes out her frustrations on a punch bag dressed up as a man. Date: 1929

Mr Micawber makes Punch - David Copperfield, Charles Dickens Date: circa 1910s

Punch (the fool) from The Wicker Man (1973)
A medium close up of the character of the fool (Punch) from the procession in the film The Wicker Man (1973)

Punch & Judy Date: circa 1928

Punch & Judy in Street
Grown-ups and children gather round a Punch & Judy in the street

Congo / Cartoon / Punch / 1906
King Leopold II, King of the Belgians, crushes the Belgian Congo. In the rubber coils

Gladstone / Disraeli 1874
The Managers Room Mr Punch as theatre manager asks his dramatists Gladstone and Disraeli what their plans are for the season. Date: 3 January 1874

Eyes Of The Fleet
circa 1940: A Blackburn Skua two seat fighter and dive-bomber of the Fleet Air Arm with arrestor hook and wheels lowered, flying over warships of the British Fleet. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Supermarine Spitfire
A Supermarine Spitfire IIa P7350 (foreround), and a Hawker Hurricane IIc LF363 with markings as they appeared in Guy Hamiltons film Battle Of Britain, 1969

Jester carrying a wassail bowl
A jester in red and blue costume, carrying a wassail bowl and enjoying the aroma coming from it. Wassail was a medieval drink, a kind of punch made from hot mulled cider

Drunken Party / Hogarth
A Midnight Modern Conversation A very drunken party of men

Arsenal vs. Mansfield Town, F. A. Cup Fourth Round, 1929
Photograph showing the Mansfield Town goalkeeper jumping highest to punch clear the ball and deny an Arsenal attack during the F.A. Cup fourth round tie at Highbury, 26th January 1929

Bottles of local rum drinks at Le Diamant village, Martinique, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Cartoon / Zulu War / Punch
A LESSON Punch comment on the British defeat; the lesson - despise not your enemy

Mary Seacole (Punch)
MARY SEACOLE nurse during the Crimea War

Uk / Chartism / Punch, 1848
Cartoon of a hoax petition which included the signatures of Queen Victoria, seventeen (!) Dukes of Wellington and others!

Mr Punch and Toby
Punch and Toby

Oscar Battling Nelson. Danish-American pugilist. American lightweight champion for 1908-10, at practice in 1920
BOXING: BAT NELSON, 1920. Oscar Battling Nelson. Danish-American pugilist. American lightweight champion for 1908-10, at practice in 1920

1870 / CRITICS / PUNCH
Critics Gladstone and Disraeli as rival authors

Punch and Judy
Children gather to watch a Punch and Judy show

Ww1 Cartoon / Punch 1915
Mr Punch and his faithful dog Toby have a go at the Kaiser monster, in a parody of St George and the Dragon

Punch, Toby, Clown
Mr Punch with Toby the dog and a clown

Punch Throws Baby (Anon)
Mr Punch throws the baby in the air

Punch, Judy, Baby
Punch, Judy and the baby

Punch / Corn Law / Coventgdn
CORN LAWS Purifying Covent Garden Theatre

Tommy Farr using a punch ball, 1937
Photograph showing Tommy Farr (1914-1986), the Welsh heavyweight boxer also known as the Tonypandy Terror, training at a gym, 1937

A pair of Suffolk Punch working horses pull a plough in a stubble field in Suffolk, England. A young woman leads the horses and a man handles the plough Date: 2010

Cartoon, Triumph of De-Jenner-Action 1898
Grim reaper holding the vaccination act. A new Vaccination Act removed these penalties and introduced a new clause known as the conscientious objector clause that allowed parents who did not believe

Cartoon, The Confidence Trick! (Northcote and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Confidence Trick! Stafford Northcote (Chancellor of the Exchequer) and Benjamin Disraeli (Prime Minister) ask John Bull for six million pounds to strengthen their hands at a forthcoming

Pradal Serey Cambodian Kickboxing, CTN Studio, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, WW1
Cartoon, The Dropped Pilot, twenty-four years after Tenniel. In Tenniels Dropping the Pilot cartoon of 1890 Kaiser Wilhelm II watches as Bismarck disembarks from the ship (of state)

RAF Scramble
RAF fighter pilots run for their planes. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Cartoon, theatre managers and Queen Victoria
Cartoon, theatre managers (Irving, Toole, James and Bancroft) besieging Queen Victoria at Windsor. Now that a rumour has gone abroad that Her Majesty will one more give theatrical entertainments at

The Last Crusade by Bernard Partridge in Punch WW1
The Last Crusade. Coeur-de-Lion (looking down on the Holy City). " My dream comes true." Drawn by Bernard Partridge and published in Punch in December 1917

RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off
17th May 1952: An RAF De Havilland Vampire being pushed into position ready for take-off. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5864 - We re Flying Five Years Ahead - pub.1952

Sir John Reith - Director General of the BBC
Cartoon portrait, Sir John Reith, 1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven (1889-1971), Director General of the BBC, 1927-1938, depicted here as a giant figure towering over Broadcasting House, Portland Place

A pair of chestnut Suffolk Punch working horses in harness with blinkers, Suffolk, England Date: 2010

The Beard and Moustache Movement, John Leech
The Beard and Moustache Movement, cartoon in Punch by John Leech commenting on the fashion for large beards. Railway Guard: Now, ma am, is this your luggage

Ramsay MacDonald leaping into the limelight
Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British Labour politician, leaping into the limelight over the backs of Bonar Law (Conservative) and Lloyd George (Liberal) when he won the General Election in 1922

Punch and Judy show on the beach, Cornwall
Children watching a Punch and Judy show on the beach, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Trafalgar Square Lions
Nelson thanks Edwin Landseer for the lions which are finally installed at the foot of his column in Trafalgar Square. Date: 1867

Himmel The All-Highest has the truth spoken - the worst is behind us. German infantry retreating in panic before Allied infantry supported by tanks

Persian Punch Ridden By M. Dwyer St Leger Festival Doncaster Racecourse, Doncaster 11 September 2003 Date: 11 September 2003

Caricature of a family dinner before and after having talked about the Dreyfus Affair, c
CHT157411 Caricature of a family dinner before and after having talked about the Dreyfus Affair, c.1894 (engraving) (b/w photo) by Caran D Ache

Cartoon, The Federal Phoenix (Abraham Lincoln)
Cartoon, The Federal Phoenix -- Abraham Lincoln portrayed as a phoenix rising from the flames as he is re-elected President. Date: 1864

He caught Tom a smack under the chin, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Pugnis
He caught Tom a smack under the chin, late 19th or early 20th century. An illustration from Famous Fights

Prince Albert the British Farmer, 1843. Cartoon of Prince Albert (1819-1861) as a farmer. Prince Albert has turned his attention to the promotion of agriculture; and if you have seen

Flight Deck
Plane taking off from the American aircraft carrier Constellation in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. (Photo by Terry Fincher/Getty Images)

General strike in Britain, May 1926. John Bull telling the Trades Union Council that Britain would resist strike action. Cartoon by Bernard Partridge from " Punch", London, 12 May 1926

Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery
Children (mostly working boys) watching a Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery, London. There is a statue of the famous actor Sir Henry Irving in the background. Date: circa 1910s

1890 Punch Cartoon Othaniel Marsh
Cartoon from Punch September 13th 1890. Shows Professor Othniel Marsh standing atop a triceratops skull, with some of his famous discoveries before him

1861 Punch Dinosaurs & Comet cartoon 1861 Punch Dinosaurs & Comet cartoon
From Punch 41 (1861) page 34, July. " The age of the comet ascertained to a nicety. The antediluvians recognise an old acquantance of A.M. 1372"

CUP WINNERS CUP, 1969. Spanish soccer goalkeeper Jose Angel Iribar of Bilbao blocks an attempted goal by Manchester City during the European Cup Winners Cup, 1 October 1969

I Don t Know Where I Am by George Studdy
After an unsolicited scrap, Bonzo is left in agreement with that famous statesman who said, " People hardly know where they are, and I am one of those in that position." Fortunately

The Haunted Lady, Punch
The Haunted Lady, or The Ghost in the Looking-Glass. A lady admires her new dress, but the mirror reveals the sacrifice made: the death of the wretched seamstress

Classic rum punch sprinkled with nutmeg, Grenada, West Indies, Central America

Jenny Lind / Punch 1850
JENNY LIND Swedish singer she bowls over the audiences of America

London Oyster Seller
A street vendor sells Fine native oysters while a crowd watch a Punch and Judy show in the background

3 Dolls Harlequin C1810
Harlequin, Pulcinello (Punch) and Bobeche (Clown)

Dogs Love Chocolate
Punch has been trained by his owner to carry messages and pick up litter. Here he tries to use the chocolate dispenser

Punch & Judy / Jarvis
Watching a Punch & Judy show in a park

Punch & Judy (Crane)
Punch and Judy show entertains small audience

Punch / Free Trade / Uk Lion
FREE TRADE The British lion in 1850 or The Effects of Free Trade

Peary and Cook dispute over the North Pole
Robert Peary and Frederick Cook dispute over who reached the North Pole first -- but the real question is whether either of them got there at all

Punch cartoon: Man is but a Worm - Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution (engraving)
6034945 Punch cartoon: Man is but a Worm - Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar
The revue artists and frequent double-act, Norah Blaney (at the piano) and her droll friend Gwen Farrar, performing in Punch-bowl at the Duke of Yorks Theatre in 1925. Date: 1925

Willie Hart (left) steps inside a right hand lead from southpaw Jim Swords as the seconds tick away in the last round of the fight. January 1965 P008289

The Jury Disagree
circa 1910s

The Un-locked cub
The New Zealand cub is too powerful for the English lion; plus ca change... Date: 1905

F C Burnand / Vanity Fair
SIR FRANCIS COWLEY BURNAND journalist, editor of Punch Date: 1836 - 1917

Captured Plane
9th November 1918: On display at the Lord Mayors Show - a German Pfalz plane, shot down near Arras on 17th October 1918. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Alfred Austin (1835-1913) British poet laureate from 1896. Cartoon by Edward Linley Sambourne (1844-1910) in the Fancy Portraits series in Punch, London, 3 March 1883

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"Punch: A Powerful Force that Transcends Time and Boundaries" Step into the world of "Punch, " a term that encompasses various aspects of history, culture, and entertainment. From Cecil Rhodes to Jascha Heifetz's legendary performance in Punch 20, this word holds countless stories within its grasp. Travel back to 1855 when Punch Dinosaurs roamed Crystal Palace, captivating audiences with their prehistoric allure. Fast forward to witness the electrifying seventh round between boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson and his opponent. The intensity is palpable as they exchange blows in a battle for glory. Indulge your senses with Cockspur Rum from Barbados, an exquisite Caribbean delight that packs a punch of flavor. Marvel at the audacity of a woman stepping into the ring on Bystander cover 1929 - In Training - Boxing Woman, breaking societal norms with her determination and skill. Delve into artistry through Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames engraving from Punch cartoon or immerse yourself in natural history with Ichthyosaurus as a museum piece. Witness the warning conveyed by Wagners Ring Cycle engraving – an artistic interpretation that leaves you pondering its deeper meaning. Journey further back in time to witness historic battles like The second fight between Harry Paulson and Tom Paddock in 1851 captured by artist Pugnis or explore Daniel Mendoza's litho engraved by Henry Kinsbury in 1789 – both testaments to human resilience and strength. Lastly, confront uncomfortable truths through Congo Cartoon from Punch's archives dating back to 1906 – shedding light on colonialism's impact while encouraging reflection and growth. In all these instances, "punch" emerges as more than just a word; it symbolizes power, resilience, creativity, defiance against societal norms, historical milestones, and thought-provoking commentary.