Punch cartoons by Acanthus (Harold Frank Hoar).

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Albert (Albert Rusling). Albert cartoons lure you in with their short and plump characters then hit you with a surprise attack in their captions. A versatile cartoonist, Albert Rusling started off for Punch in 1967 somewhere between the angular styles of Ken Mahood and Ed McLachlan before settling into a rounded line reminiscent of Henry Martin cartoons in the 1980s with a highly enjoyable juxtaposition of line and caption.

Punch cartoons by Alfred Bestall.

Punch cartoons by Andre Francois. Born Andre Farkas in Romania, he became Francois after moving to France and was greatly admired by contemporary cartoon legend Ronald Searle. Francois was also a painter, set designer and sculptor. He style is ethereal, spontaneous and captionless - like mini works of art, they draw in the viewer and demand a few more moments of contemplation.

Punch cartoons by Anne Harriet Fish. Highly celebrated cartoonist from the Great War and 1920s era who drew the High Society 'Bright Young Things' and who's series of Eve books was exhibited at the Fine Art Society and made into feature film shorts. Lovely graphic style of drawing, and 'The Facelift' cartoon is a timeless masterpiece.

Punch cartoons by Anton (Antonia Yeoman).

Punch cartoons on the Arab-Israeli Conflict, Middle East, Palestine, Israel, Jews, Arabs, nationalism, partition, United Nations, Western Allies, religion, nations, states, armed conflict, peace plans, shuttle diplomacy, settlements, super powers, arms, weapons, wars, Egypt, Suez Crisis, terrorism, hijackings, PLO, Lebanon, Palesine Liberation Organisation

Punch cartoons by Arnold Roth.

Punch cartoons about Art

Punch cartoons by Arthur Rackham. Rackham presided over a golden era in illustration from the turn of the century until World War 1, and his fantastical creatures and fairies owe a debt to his great drawing skill in bringing them to life. Outside of Punch he illustrated editions of Aesop's Fables, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, Peer Gynt by Ibsen, The Valkyrie by Wagner, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson, and The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

Punch cartoons by Arthur Wallis Mills. Perfectly straddling the Edwardian and Art Deco periods, Wallis Mills' cartoons and jokes are timeless with a handful of absolute crackers such as "The Suffragette that knew Jiu-Jitsu" and "the motorist that had to change gear to get over a pedestrian!" His colour illustrations are impeccable, making fun of the Bright Young People of the 1920s. A pure vintage delight!

Punch cartoons by Arthur Watts.

Punch cartoons about Literature, Authors, Books and Publishing

Punch cartoons by Banx (Jeremy Banks).

Punch Cartoons about the Battle of Britain

Cartoons by Bernard Cookson for PUNCH magazine.

Punch cartoons by Bernard Hollowood.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Bernard Partridge. Knighted in 1925, Sir Bernard Partridge was simply one of the finest political cartoonists ever to grace the pages of Punch, and therefore the world. His style was a simplifying of Sir John Tenniel's fine cross hatching, with thicker but no less detailed expression into dramatic and epic statements. This successful progression of tone in Punch was in no small part due to Partridge having been a theatre actor of renown who knew and painted many portraits of Henry Irving, one of England's greatest stage actors. His bold and rousing images span a career of over 50 years and his WW1 political cartoons are not only the best of propaganda from that time, but also often chillingly and brutally observed, which nearly a hundred years on are still fresh and hard hitting. If one were to pick just two definitive examples from Punch magazine, it would surely be a Tenniel cartoon from the Victorian era and a Partridge cartoon from the Twentieth Century.

Punch cartoons from the book The Best of Punch Cartoons.

Punch cartoons by Bill Tidy.

Punch cartoons about the British Royalty, Kings, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, The Windsors, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, Princess Anne, Princess Margaret, Empire, Coronations, The Press

Punch cartoons by Bud Handelsman. Off-beat, surreal cartoons from the creator of the strip panel "Freaky Fables", John Bernard Handelsman was a highly versatile cartoonist using a mixture of psychology and Monty Python in images that could easily be comedy sketches.

Punch Cartoons about Business, Office Life, Professions, Working Relationships, Sales, Finance, Strategies, Management, Employment, Secreteries, Bosses, Banking, Accountants, Tax, Inland Revenue, Technology, Computers, Industry, Jobs, Financial Reports, Statistics, Meetings, Interviews, Communications, Stress, Holiday Leave, Sick Leave, Parties, Redundancy, Sackings, Resignations, Vacancies, Managers, Employees, Employers, Solicitors, Work Life Balance, Recreation, Office Dress, Delegation, Sales Reps, Boardroom, Directors

Punch cartoons about Celebrities, Musicians, TV, Film and Arts personalities

Punch cartoons about Cars and Motoring.

Punch cartoons by Charles Barsotti.

Punch cartoons by Charles Keene. A forerunner to George Du Maurier and Phil May, Keene's excellent line work from the 1850s to the 1890s developed the cartoon further while having a strong social element covering the pretensions of the working and middle classes. From 1872 his friendship with Joseph Crawhall provided around 250 humorous observations for which Keene could base his cartoons. The artists Walter Sickert and Adolph Menzel were fans of Keene's work, Menzel taking out a subscription of Punch solely to enjoy Keene's latest cartoons.

Punch cartoons on Cinema Icons by R S Sherriffs, film stars, Hollywood Greats, movies, golden age of film, actors, actresses, 1940's, 1950's, film legends

Film and cinema stars from the golden age of Hollywood, as drawn by R S Sherriffs for Punch magazine.

Punch cartoons on the Cold War, the Western Alliance, NATO, the Soviet Union, Soviet Block, United States of America, United Kingdom, Greece, Europe, Germany, Berlin Air Lift, Greece, Hungary, Reconstruction, Harry S Truman, Joseph Stalin, Cuban Missile Crisis, John F Kennedy, Nikita Khruschev, Montgomery, Molotov, Iron Curtain, Winston Churchill, Space Race, Espionage, Spies, Eastern Block, Africa, Arms Race, satellites, rockets, arms race

Punch cartoons on Communism and Fascism.

Punch Front Cover Cartoons from Punch Magazine about Mr Punch, Toby the dog, Travel, Leisure, War, Food, Fashion, Arts, Culture, Transport, Holidays, Sport, Love, National Health Service, Celebrities, Business, Wealth, Class, Literature, Sex, News, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Skiing, Planes, Gardening, Boating, Horse Riding, Horse Racing, Hunting, Classical Concerts, Air Shows, Chefs, Food, Motoring, Cars, Vintage Lifestyle, Technology, Computers, Advertising, Artists, Thieves, Pickpockets, Punch and Judy, Tennis, Presidents, Actors, Directors, Actresses, Sumo Wrestling, Houses, Art References

Punch Cartoons about Crime, Police, Law and Order

David Hawker first contributed to Punch magazine in 1967. His observations and style are similar to John Donegan cartoons, but with more acid, drawing you into a false sense of security with a mannered line, then delivering a biting punchline. An important cartoonist, Hawker helped Punch in its latter 1980s Golden Age under editor Alan Coren.

Punch Cartoons by David Langdon. Hugely popular during WW2, Langdon was the archetypal pocket cartoonist for over 50 years, drawing small topical cartoons with economy and quick humour. His depictions of Margaret Thatcher are some of the best cartoons of the Iron Lady in all her cynical pomp.

Punch cartoons by David Louis Ghilchick. Great all-round artist who contributed to Punch in the roaring Twenties and Thirties. His splendid colour work is in the same vein as Lewis Baumer, with its instant "vintage" appeal. Always inventive and oozing with style.

Punch cartoons by David Myers. One look at the drawing style of Myers' Punch cartoons will tell you everything you need to know: they're funny! With a simple visual style, slapstick and laugh-out-loud moments David Myers is surely one of the funniest cartoonists anywhere and at any time. Many cartoons about pets and animals, dentists and acupuncture, priests and office life to keep everyone entertained.

Punch Cartoons on Design and Architecture.

Punch cartoons by James Henry Dowd. Principle film cartoonist, Dowd started at Punch in 1906 until he handed the baton to Sherriffs in 1948. His tremendously expressive line also covered theatre as well as the Great War and showed a depth to his artwork. This supplemented his movie caricatures which included early cinema icons such as Chaplin, through the thirties and forties with Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers, Orson Welles and many others.

Punch cartoons by Edward McLachlan. Versatile and hilarious cartoonist whose work includes some of the greatest cartoons ever created for their shear audacity and humorous line. Genuinely a great cartoonist of the modern era dating back to the early Sixties.

Punch cartoons on the Edwardians.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Edward Linley Sambourne.

Punch cartoons by E H Shepard (Ernest Howard Shepard). Undoubtedly one of the greatest illustrators of all time, Shepard is synonymous with the visual creation in 1924 of 'Winnie the Pooh' for AA Milne's children's book of the same name. However, Shepard started at Punch magazine two decades earlier as a jobbing cartoonist, drawing domestic scenes of anachronistic grandmothers and children wise before their time. His experiences at the frontline during the battles of the Great War marked a change in style and his cartoons from WW1, though not as numerous, form an important part of the collection. Upon his return from war with a Military Cross, Shepard continued at Punch and was made a permanent member of the editorial staff in 1921. What followed was a prolific period in the interwar period, starting political cartoons in 1933 and being made chief Cartoonist in 1945. Although not fond of political cartooning his work during WW2 is as light as it is acerbic and contrasts with with the bolder, less humorous lines of Leslie Illingworth and Bernard Partridge. In total Shepard drew around 1,500 cartoons and illustrations for Punch in a career spanning 6 decades. Truly a giant in the world of illustration.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Edward Tennyson Reed (E T Reed). Another unique voice in the cartooning ranks of Punch, Reed's playfulness, and wide scope of style and subjects is a joy to behold. His cartoons tap into the social world of Advertising, Law, Literature, History and Politics and both his Unrecorded History and Prehistoric Peeps series are excellent.

PUNCH cartoons on the European Union and EEC.

Punch Cartoons about Sex, Sexism, The Battle of the Sexes, Feminism, Relationships, Family, Children, Parents, Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Relations, Marriages, Weddings, Hormones, Offspring, Friends, Socialising, Class, Pretentiousness, Homosexuality, Bestiality, Sexual Appetites, The Animal Kingdom, Prostitution, Foreplay, Babies, Women, Men, Stereotypes, Prejudices, Employment, Workplace, Offices, Careers, Love, Childhood, Upbringing, Youth, Old Age, Nudity

Punch cartoons about Fashion

Punch cartoons by F H Townsend.

Punch cartoons about Film, Cinema, Actors, Hollywood Greats, Movie Legends, Film Icons

Punch Cartoons about Food, Drink, Dining, Diets, Alcohol, Food Adulteration, Cuisine, Cooking, Supermarkets, Restaurants, Chefs, Waiters, Additives, Gastronomy, Vegetarians, Junk Food, Parties, Pubs, Bars, Food Markets

Punch cartoons by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird). A veteran of the battle of Gallipoli in 1915, Art Editor and subsequently Editor at Punch, Fougasse chose his nom-de-plume from a Great War landmine. His early cartoons were about life at the front, some of which are extremely poignant today, and he gradually developed his own sparse style of drawing. Covering topics such as Advertising, the use of the Telephone, Cricket, Motoring and life in the City he expertly drew attention to changes in the habits of a nation with his excellent "Changing Face of Britain" series during WW2. He famously created the "Careless Talk Costs Lives" propaganda poster and many others, including adverts.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Frank Reynolds. One of Punch magazine's most versatile cartoonists Frank Reynolds (1876-1953) is the cartoonist's 'artist'. His detailed cartoons show depth and movement, somehow combining all at once the boldness of Dowd, the lightness of touch of EH Shepard and the drama of Partridge. And Reynolds' colour work, especially his art parodies and covers are simply exquisite. His tenure as Art Editor of Punch from 1919-1937 heralded a new era of colour plates and put the magazine at the forefront of a golden age of illustration.

Cartoons by Bud Handelsman for PUNCH Magazine.

Gardens and Gardening cartoons from Punch magazine.

Punch cartoons by George Adamson.

Punch cartoons by George Belcher.

Punch cartoons by George du Maurier. Not only one of Punch magazine's greatest cartoonists (as well as novelist of 'Trilby') but a social commentator of the middle classes and high 'Society'. He was a visionary with his cartoon 'inventions', some of which are only now becoming real (the flat panel tv, 'bottled' music, video conferencing, live steaming) and his work is truly a treasure trove of detailed Victorian fashions and drawing rooms, tastes, ettiquette and foibles; showing perhaps better than any photo could, what it was like living in the Victorian era at the height of the British Empire. His cartoons about the Aesthetes, Beautymania and the New Woman are particularly good at revealing the pretensions and tensions of the 19th century.

Punch cartoons by George Morrow. Another example of timeless humour from a great cartoonist, George Morrow's work for Punch exemplifies the English wit and inventiveness from the Edwardian period and he continued to work upto the 1950s. His specialities were historical jokes but his everyday gags are superb snapshots of the English at work and play.

Punch cartoons by George Loraine Stampa.

Punch cartoons by Gerald Scarfe.

Punch cartoons by Pericle Luigi Giovannetti. His wonderfully amusing creation: Max the Hamster, first appeared in Punch and was a kind of furry animal Mr Bean, where, in consecutive panel images Max's endeavours end in fluffy disaster. Quite beautifully drawn expressions with laugh-out-loud results. In Japan he is known as Mr Makkusu-san.

Punch cartoons by Harry Furniss.

Punch cartoons by Harry Hargreaves. Charming cartoons featuring mainly birds with all too human emotions and accidents, Hargreaves' "Bird" cartoons have been published to great aclaim around the world.

Punch cartoons by Harry Rountree. Producing well-crafted cartoon illustrations from 1905-1939, Rountree also worked in advertising, posters and book publishing for writers such as P.G. Wodehouse and Conan Doyle. He has a dynamic style which regularly feature animals and children.

Punch cartoons about Health, Medicine, Hospitals, Doctors, GPs, Medical Operations, Pills, Sanitation, Disease, Poverty, Dentists, Surgeons, Psychiatric Hospitals, Bedlam, Tanning, Sun Tans, Hygiene, Grooming, Birth, Nightmares, Imagination, Mental problems, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Life, Death, Drink, Alcohol, Diet, Excercise, Psychiatric Doctors, Patients, Hospital Wards, Maternity Wards, Get Well Cards, Sickness, Chemicals, Food Adulteration, Poison, Treatments, Fitness, Beauty, Ailments, Pollution, Symptoms, Relief, Sick Leave, Madness, Lifespan, Disorders, Councelling, Weight Loss

Punch cartoons by Henry Martin. Concise drawing style from the master of the business cartoon, Martin's work overlaps into pets and death, and makes us look at life differently.

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Punch cartoons by Holte (Trevor Holder). One of the few cartoonists that produces a smile as soon as you glance upon his work, Holte's characters burst off the page like Fawlty Towers, combining the surreal, slapstick and accident-prone into a complete cartoon. A great draughtsman, his Crepe Suzette cartoon was so good he did another version in colour for the Pick of Punch selection of best cartoons of the year.

Punch cartoons, illustrated poems and verse on Childhood, Family, Edward Bear, Winnie the Pooh, When We Were Very Young, E H Shepard, A A Milne, Teddy Bear, The Waste Land, Holidays, Sports, Leisure, Vintage Lifestyle, In Flanders Fields, War, History, Countryside, Counties, Shires, City Life, Nostaligia, Transport, Culture, Literary References, Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Empire, Imperialism, National Identity, Kings, Queens, Food, Animals, Pets, England

Punch cartoons on: 19th and 20th Century Imperialism, British Empire, Colonialism, Commonwealth, Africa, India, Racial History, Nationalism, Independence Movements, Partition, Ireland, Separatism, Irish, Union, Loyalism, Republicanism, Canada, Australia, Nations, Nationhood, Politics, Foreign Policy, Uprisings, Reprisals, Slavery, Trade, Alliances, Italy, Germany, Famine, Belgium, Congo, Portugal, Ethiopa, Abyssinnia, Emperor Haile Selassie, Egypt, Persia, Russia, Afghanistan, South Africa, Zulus, King Khama, Chamberlain, Canning, Disraeli, Gladstone, Colonies, Churchill, Hitler, Mussolini, Turkey, Ottoman Empire, League of Nations, Gandhi, Jinnah, King George VI, Queen Victoria, Britannia, Pakistan, Japan, Passive Resistence, Massacres, Revolt, Leisure, Tourism, Travel, War, Fascism, United States of America, American Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, Suez, Development and Progress, Political Cartoons, Imperialism Cartoons, Colonialism Cartoons, Historical Cartoons

Punch cartoons on the Interwar era, the post World War 1 peace settlement, leisure, transport, fashion, film, travel, Socialism, imperialism, Egypt, art, Bolshevism, USA, Lloyd George, Woodrow Wilson, international relations, unemployment, revolution, occupations, sport, celebrity, lifestyle, The British Character, the Working Classes, Ireland, Fascism, Winston Churchill, World War 2, the Second World War.

Punch cartoons on topical news items: Sovereign Debt Crisis, Unemployment, Smart TVs, Panda bears, Police, Riots, Recession, Cuts, Political Change, Revolution, Africa, National Health Service, Margaret Thatcher, Air Travel, Banking, Space Exploration, Tsunami, Inland Revenue, Tax, Technology, Care Homes, Children's Toys, Weather, France, Europe, Financial Crisis, Jane Austen, Colonel Gaddafi, Newspapers, Leveson Enquiry, Press, News of The World, James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch

Punch cartoons by Ionicus. Joshua Charles Armitage (1913-1998) used the pen name Ionicus to differentiate his illustration work from his oil painting. He first contributed to Punch in 1944 and the sparse lines for his cartoon characters were often counterbalanced with background and architectural details for the most part similar in style to Acanthus. He was equally able to draw in a variety of styles bringing to mind early Mahood, Clive Collins, Arthur Watts and even Thelwell, using a modern graphic style and ordered composition. He drew many book covers for PG Wodehouse.

Punch cartoons on Ireland.

Punch cartoons on Japan.

Punch cartoons by John Donegan. Consistently funny with a fair number of Punch classics, Donegan covered the Office and Home and threw in some great animal and dog cartoons. Originally in advertising he became a cartoonist in 1975 and published three books of dog cartoons.

Punch cartoons by John Leech. A wonderful, iconic cartoonist responsible for the great success of Punch from the mid 1840s to the mid 1860s. His social observations, whether highlighting the plight of the poor and forgotten; or the daily humour of family life and leisure in Victorian England, formed the tone and set the standard globally of how readers identified Punch magazine (and Great Britain) and what the English aspired to be. Beautifully detailed images in the tradition of Hogarth and Gustav Doré show a great affection for his subjects and a celebration of the Victorian Era.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by John Tenniel.

Punch cartoons by J W Taylor (John Whitfield Taylor).

Punch cartoons by Kenneth Mahood. Yet another versatile cartoonist spanning five decades, and whose work ranges from early joke cartoons in a similar style to ffolkes, colour covers, biting social satire and perhaps what Mahood is best known for: the thought provoking political Big Cut cartoons of the 1970s and 1980s. His depiction of Margaret Thatcher was savage, surreal and sympathetic. Politics under Mahood's gaze is re-cast in a wonderfully mischievous cross-dressing of the Arts and Current Affairs while his social commentary is sharply observed.

Punch cartoons by Kenneth Beauchamp. Wonderfully drafted cartoons coming somewhere between the style of Bestall and Reynolds, Beauchamp perfectly captures the social history and fashions of the classes in the 1920s and 30s.

Punch cartoons by Ken Pyne. Much like Pont, Pyne had his pulse on the foibles of the Modern English- but instead of gentility, he brings hilarious mischief to the proceedings. Not merely a joke cartoonist his skill lies in pin-pointing the funny realities of life, and in this sense he is an underrated social commentator.

Punch cartoons by Larry (Terence Parkes). One of the greatest examples of the funniest, captionless, slapstick cartoons of all time, Larry cartoons hit you on the head with vigour, invention and action. If Charlie Chaplin were a cartoonist, this is surely what his output would be.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Leonard Raven-Hill. A contemporary of Bernard Partridge and F H Townsend, Raven-Hill bridges the Victorian era to the Interwar period and was a hugely successful cartoonist and illustrator covering social history, technology and the Big Cut political cartoons as Second Cartoonist after Partridge's main cut. He drew some superb cartoons in his forty years at Punch, including the classic 'Bath Oliver' biscuit cartoon and powerful propaganda images during WW1.

Punch cartoons by Leslie Illingworth. Master of the Big Cut political cartoon but also hugely gifted as a colourist, Illingworth was a giant of the cartooning world, combining the humour of EH Shepard and the drama of Tenniel and Partridge to arguably the greatest essence of the Punch cartoon.

Punch cartoons by Lewis Baumer.

Punch cartoons about Margaret Thatcher, British politics, international relations, Ronald Reagan, the Special Relationship, USA, Conservative party, leadership crisis, public image, battle of the sexes, Poll tax, power, Tories, politicians

Punch cartoons by Martin Honeysett.

Punch cartoons by Matt (Matthew Pritchett). A living legend of the "pocket" or topical cartoon, his spindly line is instantly recognisable and iconic. A cartoonist who's message is, in most cases obvious without reading the caption. Wonderful.

Punch cartoons by Merrily Harpur. Aways biting, but always brilliantly executed cartoons reminiscent of Ronald Searle and Quentin Blake, she cuts with her observations on the battle of the sexes, commercialism, being a woman and having children. Famous for her "Nightmares of Dream Topping" strip cartoons which were subsequently published as books.

Punch cartoons by Michael ffolkes (Brian Davis). Surely one of the greatest cartoonists of all time, ffolkes had the unfaltering ability to make you laugh out loud with his bawdy humour and lusty ladies, while seemingly normal scenarios become surreal. The animal kingdom is transformed into a human world, and the human made hilarious. ffolkes had a wide range of drawing styles, his early work resembling contemporary Ken Mahood before settling into his own. He was a fine illustrator - his colour front cover after Manet from 1963 is delightful - and his caricatures starting in the 1960s of film reviews, TV celebrities and the arts in the Passing Through series, are wonderfully eccentric.

Punch cartoons by Michael Heath. Critically acclaimed master of social and psychological cartoons, Heath casts his eye on relationships, class conflict, professions, law and order, childhood, technology, art and music.

Wonderful observations and always fun, Mike Williams cartoons have a wide range: pop culture, history, the arts, and everyday situations as experienced by polar bears! Another genius of the surreal who's humour is in the tradition of Paul Crum, and also an excellent draughtsman.

It's been 40 years since telephones went mobile. Here is a taster of some great Mobile Phone cartoons from Punch magazine. Mobile Phone cartoons from Punch magazine.

Punch cartoons from the modern era, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, animals, art, culture, society, television, business, employment, black humour, children, literature, sexual politics, classes, British humour, Great Britain, science, technology, politics, motoring, music, medicine, health, travel, leisure, holidays, occupations, celebrity, culture, the economy

A Taster of some great Punch Cartoons from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

Punch cartoons about Mother's Day

A selection of great Cartoons for Mother's Day.

Punch cartoons about Music, Recording Artists, Musicians, Musical Instruments, Music Publishing, Classical, Pop, Rock bands, Popular Culture, Orchestras, Pop Stars, Caricatures, Musicals, Concerts, Gigs, Buskers

Punch cartoons by Nick (Nicholas Hobart). A safe pair of hands to guarantee funny and surreal cartoons covering travel, taxes and death, with a good bit of marriage and religion thrown into the cauldron.

Punch cartoons by Nicolas Bentley

Punch cartoons by Norman Mansbridge.

Punch cartoons by Norman Thelwell.

Punch cartoons on the Olympics, 1948 London Olympics, 1913 Stockholm Olympics, 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics, 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics, track and field, sport, swimming, running, shot put, hurdles, sprinting, equestrian, horse riding, podium, television, bobsleigh, austerity, fuel rationing, olympic torch, politics, freedom, national unity, global unity, games, Great Britain

Cartoons from PUNCH magazine about Turkey, Sultans and the Ottoman Empire.

Punch cartoons by William Papas. Bold illustrative cartoons which somehow recall Ronald Searle yet retain Papas' own style in big political cuts which are timeless.

Punch cartoons by Paul Crum (Roger Pettiward). Along with Pont, his work for Punch in the 1930s and early 1940s was responsible for modernising cartoon art in the Twentieth Century. His cartoon "I keep thinking it's Tuesday" must surely be one of the greatest cartoons ever created; and his early surreal comic style was a forerunner to the type of humour found in the Goon Show and Monty Python.

Punch cartoons by Peter Birkett.

Punch cartoons by Phil May. Concise in style and caption, but beautifully drawn, Phil May's cartoons on the Working Classes at the end of the Victorian era and the start of the Edwardian period greatly modernised PUNCH magazine's look. His jokes were splendidly observed and have the feeling of street photography taken on the ground and often depicted Street Urhins, Omnibus travel, shops, pubs and aggravated wives; all reflecting the general spirit of the English lower classes in London.

A selection of Punch cartoons on Poetry and Poets.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Pont (Graham Laidler). Pont captured the quintessential 'British Character' from the 1930s and early 1940s. His was a message of stoicism, eccentricity, charm and pride that would have been acknowledged by readers of Punch around the globe and in the Empire. Although English, Pont's drawings were an outsider's view: mirror-postcards back home from his adopted Austria. Cartoons show the English in Travel, putting up with weather, mishaps, discomfort and danger with Coolness, a sense of Class, History and Culture, all the while showing the fabric of their society in the Fashion, Architecture and Modes of behaviour like despondency, self deprecating-heroism and the Stiff Upper Lip. Collectively these form a portrait of a Britain that knew its place in the world and where anything was possible.

Punch magazine Almanacks, Spring and Autumn Number Front Covers Selection. See Galleries for more.

Punch cartoons used as Greetings Cards by Woodmansterne

Adverts from Punch Magazine.

Punch Pocket Book cartoons. These rare colour illustrations from the original Punch Pocket Books are available for the first time to buy in their 'vintage' form. The Punch Pocket Book was a soft leather bound, pocket-sized diary, cash book and almanack of useful dates/information. It had the luxury of a fold out colour cartoon and inside cover, pre-dating the use of colour in the regular issues of Punch by some eighty years, and drawn by legends like Leech, Keene and Tenniel.

Punch cartoons by Quentin Blake.

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Ralph Steadman.

Punch cartoons by Ray Lowry. Versatile cartoonist using long-limbed characters, often grand architecture, fine detailing and tonal washes. His cartoons specialise in historical re-enactments, music and office cartoons showing a keen observation on contemporary culture's perspective on past history.

Punch cartoons by Reginald Cleaver.

Punch cartoons by Riana Duncan. Focusing on office life, sexual politics, relationships and often surreal joke cartoons, Riana Duncan drew one of the all-time Punch classics in the form of the 'Miss Triggs' cartoon. Her simple line disguises the highly detailed images and her straightforward gags make for some of the funniest cartoons committed to paper.

Punch cartoons by Ronald Searle.

Punch cartoons by Rowland Emett. Awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1978 and a grandson of Queen Victoria's Court Engraver, Frederick Rowland Emett was an inventor, artist, cartoonist and theatrical designer. His first works for Punch appeared in 1939 until the late 1950s by which time he became celebrated for his colourful and intricate illustrations of fantastical machines, trams and trains. In 1951 his 'Far Twittering' cartoons were brought to life for the Festival of Britain where his train engines were built as popular attractions and he created machines for the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", a rocket for Shell Oil, as well as a 'Forget-Me-Not' computer for Honeywell Computers.

Punch cartoons by RS Sherriffs (Robert Stewart Sherriffs).

Punch cartoons by Russell Brockbank.

An iron wit in a velvet glove from one of our female cartoonists, Sally Artz started contributing to Punch from 1969 and worked on the 1972 all-female issue of Punch, aka 'Judy'. This was the start of a new era for the magazine under editor William Davis who encouraged more women writers and artists, and paved the way for the cartoonists Merrily Harpur and Riana Duncan.

Punch Cartoons about Science, Technology, Space Exploration, Science Fiction, Biology, Medicine, Racial Theory, Evolution, Alternative Therapies, Healing, Robots, Frankenstein, Monsters, Psychology, Mental Health, Society, Telecommunications, Telegraph, Television, Mobile Phones, Poverty, Fashion, Religion, Education, Animals, Perception, Wireless, Plasma TVs, Farming, Offices, Solar System, Planets, Darwinism, Emmigration, Explorers, Inventors, Empire, Colonialism, War, Brain Drain, Music, Culture, Motoring, Cars, Machines, Aviation, Rockets, Planes, Dinosaurs, Prehistoric, Steam Power, Electricity, Scientists, Laboratories

Punch cartoons about Scotland and the Scottish.

Punch cartoons by Sempé (Jean-Jacques Sempé).

A Taster of some great Punch Cartoons from our archive.

Punch cartoons about Society, Class, Countryside, City life, Employment, Occupations, Aspiration, Police, Crime, Mental health, Relationships, Friends, Sex, Wealth, Poverty, Leisure, Money, Consumerism, Crime, Beggars, Tramps, Farmers, Rural, Suburbs, Inner City, Housing, Architecture, Holiday Homes, Economy, Recession, Unemployment, Riots, Education, Businessmen, Art, Vaigrants, Fitness, Urban landscapes, Pollution, Shopping, Advertising, Childhood, Gentrification, Sanitation, Disease, Social Mobility, Fashion, Culture, Cosmetic Surgery

Punch cartoons about Space travel, planets, space exploration, astronauts, astronomy, space history, Cold War

Punch cartoons on Sport and Leisure, Cricket, Boxing, Athletics, Cycling, Football, Rugby, Tennis, Table Tennis, Darts, Horse Riding, Fishing, Roller Skating, Skiing, Snooker, Chess, Exercise, Surfing, Olympics, Hunting, Shooting, Sports Commentators, Sports Celebrities, Motor Racing, Horse Racing, Bowls, Sailing, Swimming, Marathons, Ice Skating, Winter Olympics, Golf, Rowing, Sky Diving

Punch cartoons by George Sprod.

Punch cartoons by Stanley McMurtry.

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Cartoons about tennis from the archives of Punch magazine.

Punch cartoons about the Theatre, Musical Productions, Ballroom Dancing, Magicians, Magic Tricks, Animals, Actors, Dance, Music Hall, Conferences, Lecture Halls, Theatrical Agents, War, Politics, Performance Artists, Band Stands, Singers, Ice Skating, Builders, Animals, Parties, Rock Shows, Gigs, Classical Concerts, Conductors, Jazz, Flappers, Fashion, Musicals, Ballet, Musicians, Audiences, Spectators, Transport, Noise, Style, Punch and Judy, Entertainment

From the book "The Best of Punch Cartoons In Colour" - A stunning collection of over 400 vibrant colour cartoons, illustrations, covers and caricatures from the 1920s to the 1990s - most never reproduced since original publication in Punch magazine.

A Taster of some great colour Punch Cartoons from our book "The Best of Punch Cartoons in Colour" - beautiful illustrations by great artists from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

Punch cartoons on The British Character by Pont (Graham Laidler), travel, leisure, society, national values, customs, identity, culture, sport, entertainment, exploration, the Middle Classes, breeding, heritage, national stereotypes, national customs, holidays, the 1930's

Cartoons from Punch magazine by Pont (Graham Laidler).

Punch cartoons by Tony Husband. Master of the gag cartoon, Husband's jokes are cut through and straight to the point: whether slapstick humour, faux cruelty to animals, humans or aliens, there's always a laugh-out-loud moment of incredulity.

Punch cartoons by Trog ("Wally" Walter, Ernest Fawkes)

Punch cartoons on the Cold War, the Western Alliance, NATO, the Soviet Union, Soviet Block, United States of America, United Kingdom, World War 1, World War 2, The Great War, Vietnam, Slavery, The American Civil War, Special Relationship, gun laws, segregation, race relations, racial inequality, Lend Lease, Marshall Plan, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, fashions, bloomers, celebrities, actors, films, Hollywood, crime, music, business, relationships, food, communications, business, space race, Churchill, Kaiser Wilhelm II, European reconstruction

Victorian cartoons from Punch magazine.

Punch cartoons on the Victorian era.

Punch cartoons on vintage lifestyle, leisure, Bright Young Things, New Woman, fashion, music, culture, travel, transport, holidays, advertising, dance, sport, motoring, consumerism, cultural change, social change, literature, art, battle of the sexes, sexual politics, British Empire, imperialism, colonialism, colonies, middle classes, congestion, British character, World War 2, history

Punch cartoons on Votes for Women.

Punch Cartoons by Walter Goetz.

Punch cartoons by William "Bill" Hewison.

Punch cartoons by William Haefeli. Not merely a cartoonist but a social commentator showing the fallibilities and pretentions of modern people. A Haefeli cartoon is a mirror of sexual politics, boiled-down relationships, hopes and desires. These philosophical snapshots have the reader think, reflect and of course laugh.

Punch cartoons by William Scully. Spanning 6 decades from the 1940s to the 1990s and finding his style in the 1960s, Scully cartoons capture the foibles of the English perfectly. Acute observations of marriage, holidays, restaurant-going and the office are drawn with instantly recognisable Scully faces and deep mid-tonal shading.

Punch cartoons by William Sillince.

Winston Churchill cartoons from PUNCH magazine.

A Taster of some great PUNCH cartoons from World War 1 (WWI, The Great War) - see here for the rest: www.punch.photoshelter.com/gallery/WW1-Cartoons-The-Great-War/G0000dASULVAdiAI

WW2 cartoons from Punch magazine.

The Great War: World War 1 - WW1 - cartoons from Punch magazine.

Punch cartoons on World War 2, the Second World War, Appeasement, Fascism, dictators, Communism, Germany, Soviet Union, Britain, United States, allies, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, Hindenburg, Emperor Haile Silassie, Italy, Ethiopia, League of Nations, United Nations, rationing, Home Front, Atomic warfare, Europe, Japan, France, imperialism, national spirit, stoicism, democracy, freedom, Ireland, empire, Commonwealth, Cold War, NATO, history, culture, national identity, British character, British humour