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 social historians.

FAIRLY QUIET ON THE GARDEN FRONT. Dr Bruning sees it through. 

--An InterWar era cartoon shows Heinrich Bruning scaring off the Communism and Hitlerism cats with his Prussian Referendum dachshund dog.

--KEYWORD: Chancellor Heinrich Bruning, Weimar Republic, Adolf Hitler, Nazi Pary, Communist influence, Prussian Referendum.

 --The Prussian Landtag referendum 1931 was a referendum to dissolve the Prussian Landtag or parliament held on the initiative of Der Stahlhelm ex-servicemen's organization with the support of the Nazi Party and the German Communist Party. The referendum was held on 9 August 1931 and required 13.2 million votes to succeed. However, the referendum only gained 9.8 million votes, and thus failed.

--Heinrich Aloysius Maria Elisabeth Brüning (26 November 1885 – 30 March 1970) was a German Centre Party politician and academic, who served as the chancellor of Germany during the Weimar Republic from 1930 to 1932.

--An early if not first reference to Hitler in a Punch cartoon.

Illustration by L. Raven-hill. Size: 8 x 10 1/2 including borders, image shown slightly cropped. Source: British PUNCH humor/satire magazine, from November 19, 1931, original pulled from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. Condition: excellent -- still bright paper, clean, no handling or storage wear, page lays flat for easier framing; backside has unrelated text with some show-through (ghosting) possible on the facing side (please look closely). 

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WHAT IS PUNCH?

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. 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. In its formative years Punch combined humors, 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. Over the decades as it charted the interests, concerns and frustrations of the country and today it stands as an invaluable source of cartoon art, satire, but as primary source material for historians.

?WHO IS THE ARTIST? 

Leonard Raven-Hill (10 March 1867 - 31 March 1942) was an English artist, illustrator and cartoonist. By 1901 he had joined the staff of Punch as the junior political cartoonist.