“MR. PUNCH’S PERSONALITIES" A PORTRAIT SERIES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1925 AND 1929 IN THE BRITISH MAGAZINE "PUNCH"
XCVIII: AIR VICE-MARSHAL SIR SEFTON BRANCKER (Portrait by Bernard Partridge).
Size: 8 1/4 x 11 including borders, image shown is slightly cropped. Source: PUNCH Magazine, June 5, 1929. Condition: very nice, still bright paper no handling wear, lays flat for easy framing; verso has unrelated text and may have some ghosting effect on the facing side (please look closely). Vintage not a modern reproduction. May be framed.
Air Vice Marshal Sir William Sefton Brancker, KCB, AFC (22 March 1877 – 5 October 1930) was a British pioneer in civil and military aviation and senior officer of the Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force. He was killed in an airship crash in 1930, exactly 20 years after his first flight {a year after this portrait was published}.
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PUNCH MAGAZINE. It is hard to escape the legacy of the Punch Magazine. From 1841 to 2002, the magazine cast a satirical eye on life in Britain. It charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable resource not just as cartoon art and satire, but for social historians.
In its formative years Punch combined humour, illustration and political debate with a fresh and radical audacity. During its heyday in the late 1800s, it reflected the conservative views of the growing middle-classes and copies of it could be found in the libraries of diplomats, cabinet ministers and even royalty. In the Western world, Punch played a significant role in the development of satire. In the world of illustration, it practically revolutionized it.
From 1841 to 1992, Punch was the world's most celebrated magazine of wit and satire. From its early years as a campaigner for social justice to its transformation into national icon, Punch played a central role in the formation of British identity -- and how the rest of the world saw the British nation.
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