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Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. A central feature of Punch was the many cartoons in each issue. Many of these (arguably) have relevance to Wikipedia articles, and have been uploaded - see, for instance, Commons:Category:Punch magazine, or the following example articles:

Project Gutenberg has a hundred of so Punch magazines, all 80-120 years old. So far, we've only scratched the surface of abstracting cartoons.

Sourcing cartoons from Punch is quite absorbing; there's a number of crossword puzzle elements to it - working out who is depicted in a cartoon; determining the context - what triggered the cartoon, what allusions are drawn in it; and what pages in wikipedia, if any, would benefit from a cartoon. Not least, if there are 50 or so David Lloyd George cartoons across the spread of Punch magazines, which are the best cartoons to feature in his page?

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[edit] Project aims

The aims of this project are:

  • go through each Gutenberg issue of punch
  • identify & describe on this page each cartoon in each issue which might be a candidate for wikipedia or its sister projects
  • identify cartoons that have already been uploaded by striking them out
  • upload cartoons destined for article pages onto the Commmons (preferably with a common filenaming convention, rather like the examples above)
  • Add cartoons to pages, taking care to adduce as much additional information as is helpful, and following a common format

Our starter for ten is the list of Punch magazines from Gutenberg, shown below. This lists everything up to about Gutenberg eText 18600. We can worry about Punch magazines added since June 2006 later. Remember that Wiktionary is another possible location for cartoons.

[edit] Punch magazines

[edit] 1920

  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16271 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920
    • Holland. "SO YOU SAY YOU'D LIKE ME TO SURRENDER THE EX-KAISER?" Entente Policeman. "WELL, MA'AM, I DIDN'T GO SO FAR AS THAT. I ONLY ASKED YOU FOR HIM
    • Roller skating
    • Even Handed justice (As dispensed by the Lord Chancellor and a predecessor). Liberals & Coalition.
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16152 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, February 4, 1920
    • A Downing Street Melodrama. The Premier. "Come on in, Bonar; I love these fancy blood-curdlers. best tonic in the world." (Doomed premier. DLG & Bonar Law
    • A woman of some importance. Mr. Asquith and the paisley mill-hand). "how are you voting, my pretty maid?" "wait and you'll see, kind sir," she said. H. H. Asquith
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16394 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, February 11, 1920
    • Mr. H. H. Asquith & Capital Levy
    • Crime wave
    • Starving Europe. "GOD HELP ME!" America. "VERY SAD CASE. BUT I'M AFRAID SHE AIN'T TRYING." ["Relief would be found in the resumption of industrial life and activity and the imposition of adequate taxation. The American people should not be called upon to finance the requirements of Europe in so far as they result from failure to take these necessary steps."— Mr. Carter Glass, Secretary of the United States Treasury.]
    • Holman Clark & Owen Nares, thespians
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16509 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 25th, 1920
    • Turkey & Holland. The irremovables. You've got to do what you're told. Egypt?
    • Shilling nickel. Change in composition of coinage?
    • International Eurythmics. AN ALLIED PAS DE TROIS AND AN "ASSOCIATED" PAS SEUL. UK France, USA, Italy. Presumably USA going off on one.
    • Gordon Hewart
    • Colonel Amery Cruseo
    • Austen Chamberlain, threepenny
    • Bill Malcolm, Violet Braid, thesps
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16364 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 10th, 1920
    • Alcohol fuel
    • David Lloyd George, Irish Council, Ireland question
    • H. H. Asquith
    • G. R. Thorne, Harry Mallaby-Deeley (aka Henry Mallaby-Deeley, Lt.-Col. Will Thorne, politicians. "I understand that Mr. Mallaby-Deeley disclaims being the customer to whom the Disposals Board sold 577,000 suits of Government clothing. He makes a point of never being over-dressed."
    • Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy.
    • "Oo, Lumme! Wot price Reginald in 'is Mallaby-Deeleys?"
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/15615 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 17, 1920
    • David Lloyd George - St. patrick's day dream.
    • Merstham railway station - need more information on the nature of government control of railways in 1920. The grouping was not until 1923; as far as I can see the rail companies were still private joint stock: what regulatory control was there?
    • Comment on sculpture. Not sure to what it refers.
    • Mr. Neal caddies for Sir Eric Geddes (already has 1 cartoon). Some sort of Ministry of transport gag. "In view of the occasional rumours of friction between Government departments it is pleasant to record that the Ministry of Transport and the War Office are on the friendliest terms. Invited to abolish, in the interests of the taxpayer, the cheap railway tickets now issued to soldiers, Mr. Neal said it was primarily a question for the War Office, as in this matter Sir Eric Geddes would wish to move in harmony with Mr. Churchill. As the War Secretary promptly announced his intention of doing his best to maintain the soldiers' privilege it is conjectured that he will return from the ride with Sir Eric inside."
    • RARA AVIS IN TERRIS. "Never since the days of Icarus had there been an aviator quite like the right hon. gentleman Mr. Winston Churchill. He had displayed much sympathy with the Air Force and had almost been one of its martyrs."—Lord Hugh Cecil. (MP and younger son of landed family). "General Seely repeated his familiar arguments in favour of an independent Air Ministry, and Mr. Churchill once more defended his position, urging that it was better for the Air Service to have half a Minister in the Cabinet than none at all. To a suggestion that the lives of the Armenians might have been saved if we had sent more aeroplanes to Asia Minor, Mr. Churchill replied that unfortunately the Armenian and Turkish populations were so intermingled that our bombs would be dropping indiscriminately, like the rain, "upon the just and unjust feller.""
    • poor escalator joke .. time of introduction of powered escalators?
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16628 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 4th, 1920
    • America's Cup / Thomas Lipton
    • Strings for Harps
    • World Scout Jamboree
    • David Lloyd George & mother of parliament. Unsure in refrence to what.
    • Andrew Bonar Law caricature, packing his trunks "The House did not rise till half-past one this morning, and was again faced with a long night's work. In vain Sir Donald Maclean protested against the practice of taking wee sma' Bills in the wee sma' oors. Mr. Bonar Law was obdurate. He supposed the House had not abandoned all hope of an Autumn recess. Well, then, had not the poet said that the best of all ways to lengthen our days was to steal a few hours from the night?"
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19151 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 11th, 1920
    • kilt joke
    • The real music (?)
    • Angling
    • Winston Churchill - implied criticism of his journalism
    • A long partnership: Capt. Wedgwood Benn (to Mr. Asquith). "Isn't it about time you took the gloves off and had a go at 'em yourself?" Top Row (reading from left to right).—Mr. G. R. Thorne, Mr. Devlin, Sir Donald Maclean, Mr. Clynes, Gen. Seely, Col. Wedgwood. Middle Row.—The Speaker, Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy, Mr. Bonar Law, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Asquith, Capt. Wedgwood Benn. Bottom Row.—Mr. George Lambert, Mr. Whitley (Chairman of Committees).


  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17653 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 22, 1920
    • Lansbury
    • Smillie again
    • "The Daisy" (Mr. Caine). "What made you take a fancy to me?" Julia (Miss Merrall). "I dunno."
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/17397 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, October 6, 1920
    • fump fump
    • Richard Petafor (Mr. Hubert Harben), the apostle of Materialism and Physical Exercise, trying to convert Antony Grimshaw (Mr. Herbert Marshall), the believer in Mysticism and Armchairs.
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19349 Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920
    • Lieutenant-Commander Kenworthy, as member of Reichstag
    • Asquith, as a sheepdog - voting for an unsuccessful clause in The Government of Ireland Bill
    • Edward Carson & Mr Devlin - The Government of Ireland Bill
    • nothing else
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/19105 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920
    • A GERMAN INVASION. Herr Noah (to Frau Noah). "HERE WE ARE AGAIN—JUST AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED!"
    • Lord Birkenhead - politico
    • Lord Haldane - politico
    • Lord Curzon. "Lord Willoughby de Broke still remained a magnificent relic of the Old Guard." - politico
    • La Belle Dame sans Merci


  • http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19350/19350-h/19350-h.htm Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, December 22, 1920
    • TINO AT ATHENS. Penurous king of Greece?
    • Obscure London - Verdun
    • Government of Ireland Bill - Lord Chancellor - mangle
    • Ministry of Health bill - Lord Curzon & Dr. Addison

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[edit] 1917


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[edit] 1892

[edit] 1891

  • http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14277 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 25, 1891
    • The Senior Admiral of the Fleet, SIR PROVO WILLIAM PARRY WALLIS, G.C.B., who was in the action between the British Frigate Shannon and the American Frigate Chesapeake on June 1st, 1813 (taking command of the Shannon after the disabling of Captain BROKE), celebrated the hundredth anniversary of his birthday on April 12th, 1891. Lieutenant GRANT "displayed great bravery and judgment" (Times) in the defence of Thobal against the Manipuris, April, 1891.
    • 3 politicians


[edit] 1890


[edit] 1841


[edit] Contributors

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