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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, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-10

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The Well of Knowledge The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

The jester leads the donkey (or mule) to the well of knowedge (written, quaintly, “Knowledge. HerWelle”) but, stubbronly, the mule refuses to drink. The mule is wearing the board and gown of a univers [...]

Keywords: colour, humour, jesters, wells, sketches, cartoons

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Added: 2010-05-07

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Bust of Cæsar. Bill Nye’s History of England (1900)

Cæsar (Caesar) here has a laurel wreath, a long nose and a rather unhappy face.

Keywords: portraits, cartoons, faces, humour, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-10

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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, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-10

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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, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-06-27

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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, greyscale

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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, greyscale

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Added: 2006-06-28

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Awaiting the postman on Saint Valentine’s Day Hone’s Everyday Book (1826)

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, greyscale

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Added: 2007-01-05

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Trouble The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

They were driving to the poor-house when he car broke down. Granny is filling te engine, perhaps with fuel or with water, while someone in the foreground wields a hammer; behind them, a jester laughs.

Keywords: people, cars, jesters, cartoons, sketches, humour, colour

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Added: 2010-05-07

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The First Monday The Cynic’s Calendar (1905)

“The First Monday”

Between two palm trees we see a clothes-line with, pegged to it, two fig-leaves.

Illustration before the week beginning on the 10th of June.

Keywords: humour, religion, cartoons, greyscale

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Added: 2013-01-06

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Rufflecumtuffle Doings of the Bodley Family in Town and Country (1876)

THE FOUR QUEER ELVES Rufflecumtuffle and Floppytyfly, Bibbetybobble and Kickitteygo,   Were four queer elves   Who lived by themselves   On a mountain high, And scorned the fairies thta dwelt below [...]

Keywords: fairies, pagan, bare feet, beards, elves, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, carts, transport, humour, greyscale

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Added: 2012-11-25

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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, greyscale

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Added: 2006-10-31

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