PBA Galleries

Includes: ""The Manager's Room." Title and three lines of pencil text on mat beneath image. Mr. Punch asks Disraeli and Gladstone what kind of dramas they will produce for the coming season. 15x20 cm. Published in Jan. 3, 1874 issue of Punch. [on back of the same sheet]: " The Paviour of Society." Title and four lines of pencil text on mat beneath image. Captain-General Pavia of Madrid wields a large club on which is written "Coup d'Etat." 20.5x15.5 cm. Published in Jan. 17, 1874 issue of Punch. * "Disputed Empire." Title on clipped portion of original mount which is glued to verso of the modern mat. Queen Victoria on throne before starving Indians. 20.5x15.5 cm. Published in Sept. 1, 1877 issue of Punch. Together, 3 original drawings by John Tenniel.

Three political cartoons from John Tenniel's long tenure at the offices of Punch, or the London Charivari; he illustrated Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass.