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Punch Cartoons


The following are all original cartoons with a tennis theme taken from Punch Magazine. The majority of the earliest ones show in excellent detail the rackets and other equipment, and clothing of the era. They are all professionally mounted and are ideal for framing and display, making ideal gifts. The size given in the table is the actual size in inches of the cartoon - the finished size will be larger (14" x 11", 10" x 8", or 8" x 6").

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1. Colour Cartoons
 

DATE

CAPTION

DRAWING

SIZE

PRICE

21 Jun 1926

 

Young lady complementing her fiancé on his avoiding (rather than playing) a shot

4.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

 
2. Black & White Cartoons

DATE

CAPTION

DRAWING

SIZE

PRICE

14 Dec 1877

Modern Aesthetics

Gathering of people including 3 ladies with rackets and commentary likening them to Greek godesses

5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

31 Aug 1878

An Unforeseen Consequence

Boy with cricket bat, girl with tennis racket

4 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

26 Oct 1878

The Rise & Fall of the Jack Spratts

Adult and child mixed match with comment on fashion

7 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

23 Nov 1878

Can You Guess My Age?

Couple with tennis rackets

6 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

13 Sep 1879

Lawn Tennis Costume

Young lady wearing dress made from tennis net, holding racket

5 x 3.5

£10.00 $17.00

13 Sep 1879

Washed Out Tennis Players

Group of ladies with rackets under umbrellas in rain storm

5.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

20 Sep 1879

The Great Turf Tyrant & His Victims

Drawing of tennis racket with spider-tennis ball and their victims

9.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

04 Oct 1879

The Game Of The Day

Political cartoon showing Bismarck negotiating on a tennis court

7 x 9.5

£15.00 $25.50

04 Oct 1879

Precept & Example

Grandfather his tennis playing offspring in front of tennis court

6 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

18 Oct 1879

Hygienic Excess

4 young ladies posing on a tennis court

5.5 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

08 Nov 1879

13th Book Of Euclid

Young Lady and Mr Punch on a tennis court with heart shaped tennis rackets

5.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

22 May 1880

Mrs Ponsonby De Tomkyns On Marriage

Couple discussing his prospects in front of a pair of young ladies playing tennis

6 x 5

£10.00 $17.00

09 Oct 1880

A Palpable Hit

Stout tennis player apologising for his poor play

5.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

21 May 1881

A Wet Blanket

Group of Ladies discussing the new Curate, lady in foreground holding tennis racket

5.5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

28 May 1881

A Conscious Martyr

Young lady in tennis dress on tennis court complaining she has no one to play tennis with

5.5 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

01 Jul 1882

Did You Ever See Anybody So Light & Slender

2 people watching mixed match

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

07 Oct 1882

Barbarous Technicalities of Lawn Tennis

Grandmother watching army major serving in mixed doubles match

5 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

21 Oct 1882

Lost Illusions

Pair of drawings in which young lady doesn’t recognise young man in his city clothes rather than his tennis clothes

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

11 Nov 1882

More Lost Illusions

Pair of drawings in which young lady is disappointed when she sees young man in his tennis clothes

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

03 Feb 1883

Lawn Tennis In Winter

Womean playing tennis in rain. With 3 verse poem

4 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

14 Jul 1883

A New Taste In Men & Women

Couple discussing another couple at tennis match

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

04 Aug 1883

An Isthmian Game

Caricature French & English men at net (political comment re Suez Canal)

9 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

20 Oct 1883

Awful Effect On Too Much Lawn Tennis By The Sea

2 elegant but sunburnt ladies at ball

4 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

20 Oct 1883

Plucky

Curate using wheelbarrow to transport lawn-tennis marker across village

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

13 Sep 1884

Genuine Enthusiasts

Spectators watching finale of a tournament using umbrellas to shelter from cold east wind

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

04 Oct 1884

Lawn Tennis

Young man declines entry to a tournament thinking himself too good

5.5 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

21 Aug 1886

Adding Hypocrisy To Crime

Girl asking Grandfather to hide rackets, not wanting people to know they were going to play tennis on a Sunday

5 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

06 Dec 1886

Things One Would Rather Have Left Unsaid

Man saying goodbye to woman on tennis court

4 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

19 May 1888

Question Of The Day

Couple talking with match in background

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

24 Sep 1892

A Good Beginning

Man talking to umpire at tennis match about his adorable nieces

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

07 Dec 1895

Suggestions For Novelties In Sleeves

Dresses with sporting themes to the sleeves

7 x 5

£10.00 $17.00

08 Oct 1902

 

Young lady and boy in tennis clothing discussing shooting prowess of man with shot gun

7 x 4.5

£10.00 $17.00

12 Jul 1905

A Little Learning

Young lady in tennis clothing and older man discussing scientific discoveries

5.5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

20 Sep 1905

Our Artists Net Profits

Cartoons from the Eastbourne tennis tournament

7 x 9.5

£10.00 $17.00

04 Oct 1911

 

A tennis four hunting in the undergrowth for the lost tennis ball

5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

08 Jul 1914

 

Lady greeting man holding racket horizontally by throat watched by 2 ladies – ‘he takes the plate round in church’

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

08 Jul 1914

Fancy Dress

Tennis at the vicarage in fancy dress

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

05 Jul 1922

Tennis Is Getting Dangerous

Lady wearing Lenglen bandana – ‘that’s the second I’ve seen with ‘ead orl bandaged up!’

3 x 3

£10.00 $17.00

05 Jul 1922

The Price Of Efficiency

Series of 15 drawings showing old and new serves

9 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

09 May 1923

The Broadcaster

Dog spreading bucket of white over a tennis court to dismay of young tennis playing family

4.5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

16 May 1923

 

A fierce tennis club secretary asking tramp-like figure to move on

6.5 x 4.5

£12.50 $21.25

23 May 1923

The Merrie Month

Tennis match in a snow storm

5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

30 May 1923

 

Young lady encouraging her partner who is not an accomplished tennis player

5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

20 Jun 1923

 

Pair of drawings showing lady tennis player as she saw herself and how the camera saw her

4.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

27 Jun 1923

 

Scene in sports shop in which customer tries to persuade salesman to come to play tennis with her

5 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

04 Jul 1923

 

Court being covered at Wimbledon with a clown providing the entertainment

5 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

04 Jul 1923

A Lawn Tennis Problem

2 young ladies wondering how to divide the best partner

4.5 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

04 Jul 1923

A Tournament Of Fliers

Political cartoon with reference to Britain and France. Shows lady serving with another lady watching her

9.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

18 Jul 1923

Stirring Event In Chelsea

A Cubist artist marks out his tennis court, in front of admiring crowd

5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

18 Jul 1923

The Intruder

4 drawings showing lady dominating the court at the expense of her partner

9 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

25 Jul 1923

 

Young lady at tennis party explaining why she no longer plays tennis

4.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

25 Jul 1923

Crinolinette

Double page showing pictures of young lady playing tennis in crinoline, with accompanying poem

14 x 9

£15.00 $25.50

08 Aug 1923

Brightening The Luncheon Hour

Road menders playing tennis in their lunch break using spades etc for rackets

6 x 4.5

£15.00 $25.50

15 Aug 1923

 

Novice playing in a mixed four

4 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

21 Jun 1925

 

Elderly lady looking at 2 tennis players wearing Helen Wills visor, declaring them to be jockeys

4.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

21 Jun 1926

 

Lady declaring 'Yours' as partner takes evasive action from a fierce shot

5 x 7

£15.00 $25.50

23 May 1927

 

Young female umpire announcing score and the likely outcome of the match

4.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

23 May 1927

 

Ill-attired & nervous youth apologising to angry partner for his poor play

4.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

22 Jun 1927

The man who knew his place

Man ducking away from his energetic female partner

3.5 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

13 Jul 1927

 

Foursome debating how to choose their partners

5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

13 Jul 1927

 

Hostess offering new tennis balls to her guests – ‘They are bound to be good as they are pre-war’

7 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

03 Aug 1927

 

Mother and daughter critically discussing their tennis playing son/brother

4.5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

17 Aug 1927

 

Onlooker points out net is too low - girls playing tennis realise that is why they were doing so well

4.5 x 7

£12.50 $21.25

01 May 1929

 

Mixed 4 leaving public court ‘Did you see that topping return?’ ‘You mean that time you hit the ball?’

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

13 May 1929

 

Mens 4 with player being told not to cower behind net –‘What’s the net for then?’

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

15 May 1929

 

Couple on court; girl (to sleeping partner) ‘I will say this for you – you don’t snore’

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

29 May 1929

 

New member hangs his coat on the net post

6 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

26 Jun 1929

 

Girl with cigarette in mouth (just starting set with crack player) ‘What are you waiting for?’

3 x 4

£10.00 $17.00

18 Jun 1930

 

Tennis novice in sports shop trying to buy a racket which goes 'ping' rather than 'twang'

5 x 3.5

£12.50 $21.25

27 May 1931

Couple leaving court, man with bandaged head

‘Hope I didn’t hurt you badly but I thought it better one of us should retire injured otherwise we should have been beaten’

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

09 Sep 1931

Mixed 4 including portly pair

Playing on smaller court because host cannot run now he has put on weight

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

16 Sep 1936

Couple playing with balls attached to net by long strings

‘Those people next door refuse to return our balls’

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00

21 Jul 1937

Couple with fierce ladies doubles being arranged in background

‘Wouldn’t you like to have a game?’ ‘Later – at the moment I think they’re arranging a women’s fearsome!’

5 x 7

£10.00 $17.00