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 as primary source material for historians.
Illustrator: Linley Sambourne, from British Punch humor/satire magazine, January 25, 1899, pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Size 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Condition: excellent -- bright and clean, no handling wear, page lays flat for easy framing; backside has unrelated text with some show-through on the facing side, please look closely, as published.
THE TSAR’S FANCY BALL
Tsar (Master of Ceremonies) “Delighted to see you, Madam. But
we can’t admit your friend.
Madame La France (about to
introduce her companion in the disguise of Submarine Torpedo Boat”) “Saprist! And I designed the dress
myself!”
(Vide Emperor of Russia Peace
Propositions, Times, January 16)
--The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in the Netherlands. Along with the Geneva Conventions, the Hague Conventions were among the first formal statements of the laws of war and war crimes in the body of secular international law. A third conference was planned for 1914 and later rescheduled for 1915, but it did not take place due to the start of World War I.
--In 1875 Irish American John P. Holland sent the U.S. Navy this design
for an experimental 15 1/2-foot-long torpedo boat. Designed to operate
underwater, the submarine required 1/10 horse power and could be managed by one
man. Although this design was rejected, Holland continued to improve his
invention and on October 12, 1900, the U.S. Navy commissioned the first true
submarine, the 64-foot USS Holland. [An early image of this new weapon and technology of war]