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Awaiting the postman on Saint Valentine’s Day

St. Valentine’s day, the 14th of February (US: February 14) “Where can the postman be, I say? He ought to fly—on such a day!Of all days in the year, you know, It’s monstrous rude to be so slow: The fe [...]

Keywords: people, romance, sketches, humour

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Added: 2007-01-05

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Mad Hatter just as hastily leaves

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

‘You may go,’ said the King, and the Hatter hurriedly left the court, without even waiting to put his shoes on.

The Mad Hatter runs out of court in his socks, carrying sandwich and (bitten) teacup.

Keywords: alice, people, humour, food, illustrations for children

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Added: 2006-12-04

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Giant Alice upsets the jury (literally)

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

‘Here!’ cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the jury-box with the edge of [...]

Keywords: alice, people, humour, animals, illustrations for children

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Added: 2007-02-10

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King reflecting in court

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)

The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. ‘Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?’ he asked. ‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’ [... the [...]

Keywords: alice, humour, courtrooms, royalty, kings, illustrations for children

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Added: 2007-02-10

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detail: swinging corpse: silhouette

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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Cæsar crossing the channel.

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

“Cæsar [Caesar] first came to Great Britain on account of a bilious attack. On the way across the channel a violent storm came up. The great emporor and pantata believed he was drowning, so that in an [...]

Keywords: people, boars, soldiers, romans, cartoons, humour

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Added: 2006-06-27

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Title page detail: Scholarly King

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

In this detail from the title page, a king (wearing a crown) sits at a table with a pen and an open book, and is also consulting a dictionary. He sratches his head, obviously baffled.

Keywords: cartoons, scholars, books, royalty, humour

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Added: 2006-06-10

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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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Cæsar treating with the Britons

Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

Cæsar (the Roman emperor) sits cross-legged on the ground, sharing a Native American peace pipe with the barefooted Britons. Of course, tobacco was not known in the ancient Western world; it came from [...]

Keywords: pipes, humour, cartoons, people, bare feet, beards

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Added: 2006-08-08

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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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