Classic late 19th century political caricatures from an original copy of "Punch" magazine I picked up recently. Ironically, the price I paid for this and two boxes full of other Punch issues, old periodicals and comics wouldn't be much more - per unit - than its original price of 3 pence (seen on the cover above)! Clearly not much appreciation around for these treasures from the past. The quality, detail and depth of these illustrations is exceptional - the advertisements are also fascinating so I'm scanning them for a future post.
Brian Wildsmith Exhibition, Barnsley. Part 1
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This week I took a day off, to catch the fabulous exhibition of Brian
Wildsmith‘s work over in Barnsley. It has taken years of planning and more
organisati...
6 hours ago