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Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A version of the swinging corpose cartoon with the details obliterated, leaving just an outline.

Keywords: spooky, death, people, punishments, cartoons, humour, silhouettes

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Added: 2006-10-15

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A Reluctant Tax-Payer

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

It is night-time and a man’s corpose swings from the hangman’s noose on the gibbet. He is clothed, including boots and a hangman’s hood. In the background the moon looks on, aghast. At one time most p [...]

Keywords: spooky, death, people, punishments, cartoons, humour

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Added: 2006-10-15

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Ploughing 51 B.C.

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

“Agriculture had a pretty hard start among these people, and where now the glorious fields of splendid pale and billowy oatmeal may be seen interspersed with every kind of domestic and imported fertil [...]

Keywords: people, cartoons, humour, agriculture, animals, horses, rocks, unicorns, mythical creatures

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Added: 2006-06-28

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Crest of a Popular Knight

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

“He wore a crest on his helmet adorned with German favors given him by lady admirers, so that the crest of a popular young knight often looked like a slump at the Bon marché” (p. 103)

Keywords: people, cartoons, humour, knights, helmets

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Added: 2007-02-18

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The Discovery of Tin in Britain

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

A cartoon illustrating how the Romans discovered that Britain had... er... tin.

Keywords: people, boats, soldiers, weapons, romans, cartoons, humour

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Added: 2006-06-10

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The Vigil of Arms

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

“The most peculiar condition required for entry into knighthood was the “vigil of arms,” which consisted in keeping a long silent watch in some gloomy spot—a haunted one preferred—over the arms he was [...]

Keywords: people, cartoons, humour, spooky, ghosts, occult, interiors

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Added: 2006-10-31

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detail: swinging corpse

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

This is a version of A Reluctant Tax Payer with the background cut away, to make a more powerful (but less moody) image. A dead man is shown hung by the neck, “you are to be taken from this place and [...]

Keywords: spooky, death, people, punishments, cartoons, humour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-10-15

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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