PUNCH MAGAZINE CARTOON - WINSTON CHURCHILL CARTOON

Description: 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. LEGISLATION BY PYJAMA. There are others besides the landowners of the country who are made to "sit up" by the Budget. (Mr. Winston Churchill was supposed to have been discovered on the Treasury Bench in pink pajamas.) --An Edwardian cartoon shows Liberal British Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith leading Lloyd George carrying his Budget Box and Winston Churchill all in their pyjamas and carrying candles. This illustration by Edward Tennyson Webb and published April 23, 1909. Original, disbound from the magazine, not a modern reproduction. The cropped cartoon as shown in the first image measures 6 1/4 x 7 inches. Full size is 8 x 10 1/2 inches. Condition: a very good copy, lays flat, unrelated text below and on the backside. May be framedPunch, 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.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Questions welcome. Extra images can be added by request. International shipping available. All orders are carefully packaged for safe delivery. Experienced full time professional bookseller since 1994; print, map and poster seller since 2000.

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