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.

Scotch Keeper "That's a verra fine car you have got." Chauffeur "Oh, it aint' a bad car" S-K "She wad be verra powerfu' car whatever?" "C "Oh, no, I wouldn't say that." S-K "I was not judgin' by the size, I was judgin' by the smell!" 

[Worse that the smell of horse dung they eventually replaced? The automobile, a novelty to a degree in 1908, was a source of humor for many cartoons in Punch magazine, and to a lesser degree the airplane]

Illustration by G. Denholm Armour

Full size:  5 1/2 x 7 inches, excluding margins and lower text. Backside with unrelated text. Full page image in second scan, 8 x 10 1/2 inches.

Source: PUNCH Magazine, January 15, 1908

Condition: still bright paper, clean, unrelated text on verso. For framing.  

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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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