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, but as primary source material for historians.

Illustration by E. H. Shepard (illustrator of the Pooh books). Page sized 8 x 10 1/2 inches, shown slightly cropped, pulled from the British humor/satire magazine PUNCH, March 31, 1943, not a modern reproduction. Condition: war-time low-grade paper in excellent condition, clean, lays flat for easy framing; backside with unrelated text and may have some show through on the facing side (please look closely), as published. 

FIRST THINGS FIRST. "Show thee the tree, leafed with refined gold, Whereon the fearful dragon held his seat That watched the garden called Hesperides."

Literary references: The Honourable History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay / Twelve Labours of Hercules.

Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.

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