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Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term " cartoon " in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.
John Tenniel, A Conspiracy, oil on panel, August 1850 (Private collection, UK) Tenniel was born in Bayswater, West London, to John Baptist Tenniel, a fencing and dancing master of Huguenot descent, [ 4][ 5] and Eliza Maria Tenniel. Tenniel had five siblings; two brothers and three sisters. One sister, Mary, was later to marry Thomas Goodwin ...
James Gillray (13 August 1756 [ 1][ 2] – 1 June 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires, mainly published between 1792 and 1810. Many of his works are held at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
306 reviews. #337 of 2,781 things to do in London. Speciality Museums. Closed now. 10:30 AM - 5:30 PM. Write a review. About. The Cartoon Museum shows a selection of original cartoon and comic art, mostly by British artists, from the 1750s to the present day. We are open again after lockdown, but please check our revised opening times.
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An exhibition of George Butterworth's work was held at the Political Cartoon Gallery London September to October 2007. In 2007 a biography by Timothy Benson of George Butterworth was published by the Political Cartoon Society entitled Butterworth: The Political Cartoons of George Butterworth 1938–1953 and includes over 200 of his editorial ...
The Cartoon Museum is a London museum for British cartoons, caricatures and comic strips, owned and operated by the Cartoon Art Trust (Registered Charity 327 978). It has a library of over 5,000 books and 4,000 comics. The museum issues catalogues and features a changing display of over 250 exhibits from its collection of over 4,000 original ...
The British Cartoon Archive (BCA) is a department of the University of Kent, at Canterbury in Kent, England, [1] and holds the national collection of political and social-comment cartoons from British newspapers and magazines. [2] Created in 1973, the BCA collection includes 130,000 original drawings by 350 different cartoonists, plus some ...