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Seven cartoon postcards advertising Pratts petrol

Seven cartoon postcards advertising Pratts petrol

Punch cartoon about radio and television replacing going out

Punch cartoon about radio and television replacing going out

1933-11-06
Original artwork for cartoon: The German Plan of a Summer Offensive Must be Considered Completely Frustrated

Original artwork for cartoon: The German Plan of a Summer Offensive Must be Considered Completely Frustrated

the flood on the thames junction

the flood on the thames junction

circa 1838-1843
The Constable on the Great Western Railway

The Constable on the Great Western Railway

1838-1843
Sale of the Effects of the Sufferer on the Railway

Sale of the Effects of the Sufferer on the Railway

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon, Cow Catchers

Cartoon, Cow Catchers

1991
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield

Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield

1992
The Queen's Staghounds Narrow Escape

The Queen's Staghounds Narrow Escape

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon drawing

Cartoon drawing

1880-1889
Cartoon, Arcade Game

Cartoon, Arcade Game

1991
lady baring's servant in trying to recover his hat

lady baring's servant in trying to recover his hat

circa 1838-1843
Framed Chinese cartoon penguin

Framed Chinese cartoon penguin

1980-2010
framed autographed Monty Python cartoon

framed autographed Monty Python cartoon

2010-2015
Streamlined Trains

Streamlined Trains

1936
Blackpool is so Barking

Blackpool is so Barking

1998
A Family Applying Wray's Aromatic Spice Plaster

A Family Applying Wray's Aromatic Spice Plaster

circa 1838-1843
Ink and wash cartoon by Cummings. "Talking of bottlenecks

Ink and wash cartoon by Cummings. "Talking of bottlenecks

The First Railway Jubilee in the World

The First Railway Jubilee in the World

frontispiece

frontispiece

circa 1838-1843
Mr Kendrick of Crewe Being Refused His Luggage

Mr Kendrick of Crewe Being Refused His Luggage

circa 1838-1843
2 col. etchings: Cartoons lampooning women's knowledge

2 col. etchings: Cartoons lampooning women's knowledge

the gentleman who was locked up because he had lost his ticket

the gentleman who was locked up because he had lost his ticket

circa 1838-1843
pen cartoon

pen cartoon

circa 1838-1843
The Railway Share Market Continues To Wear The Same Old Doleful Features

The Railway Share Market Continues To Wear The Same Old Doleful Features

circa 1838-1843
Five "Vanity Fair" cartoon portraits of physicians. By "Spy"

Five "Vanity Fair" cartoon portraits of physicians. By "Spy"

Cartoon depicting Miss Pearl Edith Wadham

Cartoon depicting Miss Pearl Edith Wadham

Cartoon, Mail by Air

Cartoon, Mail by Air

1991
Cartoon, letterpress

Cartoon, letterpress

1810-1860
Drawing, ink, "Stephenson Rocket" by Joseph Lee, depicting Rocket at Science Museum, dated 20 January 1935, part of the "London Laughs" series.

Stephensons Rocket

1935
Cartoon, by JAK (Raymond Allen Jackson, 1927 - 1997). Depicts the result of the staged crash of a train carrying a nuclear flask. Officials watch as an engineer tests the nuclear flask. The caption below reads "Well that seemed to have worked all right", yet the individual examining the flask is shown with two heads. Published in The Standard newspaper, Thursday, July 19th, 1984. It satirises Operation Smash Hit, a collision organised by British Rail and the Central Electricity Generating Board to demonstrate the safety of trains carrying nuclear material. Framed.

Cartoon depicting the result of the staged crash of a train carrying a nuclear flask.

1984
Print; lithograph; Punch cartoon. "The Roll of Fame 1800-1900", Linley Sambourne, published London Punch 1899, with separate key. Signed and dated 1899. Print, lithographic reproduction 44x57cm, key plan 27.5x44cm. Illustration of the figure of Punch, atop volumes of the periodical and a pile of artefacts symbolising achievements of the century - ocean cables, rontgen rays, post, etc - addressing some 110 famous men (and 5 women); nos.102 to 118 prominent in the sciences and engineering including Huxley, Owen, Herschel, Faraday, and Brunel

The Roll of Fame 1800-1900

1899
Cartoon, by Bill Caldwell, printed in The Daily Star, showing the use of an nuclear fuel flask as a buffer in a railway station and the caption "The 8.15 sometimes doesn't stop", satirising Operation Smash Hit organised by the Central Electricity Generating Board, framed.

Cartoon, by Bill Caldwell

1984
Cartoon, by mac, printed in The Daily Mail Thursday, July 19, 1984, showing high speed train approaching and media observing with caption "This is the ultimate test - 100 mph into a British Rail sandwich", satirising Operation Smash Hit organised by the Central Electricity Generating Board, framed.

Cartoon, by mac

1984
Framed cartoon designed for publication the Daily Mail on 1st June 1965 depicting Dr. Richard Beeching about to board a train. One railway employee remarks to another, "I've told him the wrong platform". By Jon (John Philpin Jones, 1913 - 1992).

Cartoon, Dr. Richard Beeching

Cartoon, Walking on Water, by Marc Foden 1991. Original artwork for the Charles Babbage exhibition, Science Museum 1991, section on prodigious inventions by Babbage, showing an attempt to walk on water with footwear he devised for keeping vertical while selfpropelled. Ink on paper 30x21cm.

Cartoon, Walking on Water

1991
Cartoon, by Peter Brookes, no indication of whether printed or not, image shows a train with the face of Magaret Thatcher heading for a 'flask' labelled "Danger: Highly Contaminated - GCHQ Local Govt Miners Dockers", satirising 'Operation Smash Hit' when the CEGB crashed a locomotive into a nuclear flask, framed.

Cartoon, by Peter Brookes

1984
Framed still from The Simpsons episode “Elementary School Musical” Season 22 Episode 1 on which Stephen Hawking was a guest voice. The still depicts Hawking as a DJ with a turntable and a gold necklace reading “E=mc2”, beneath the still the poster is inscribed “The Simpsons MABF21 – “Elementary School Musical” Special Guest Voice by Stephen Hawking”.

Framed still from The Simpsons episode “Elementary School Musical”

2010-2016
Pen and ink cartoon "All you need is a biscuit tin with a hole in it". Original by Jenson of reproduction in Punch dated 3.6.81 showing Lord Snowdon demonstrating pin-hole camera to gentleman laden with photographic equipment.

All you need is a biscuit tin with a hole in it

Pen and ink drawing by A. Corbould. Original artwork for `Punch' cartoon. Showing a schoolboy snapshooting a courting couple

Cartoon of a Schoolboy Snapshooting a Courting Couple

Cartoon, by Bryan Mcallister, printed in the Guardian newspaper, Wednesday, July 18th, 1984, produced to satirise the nuclear flask test crash undertaken by the Central Electricity Generating Board, shows two figures observing the result of the test and one saying "Of course, we didn't really fill it up with nuclear waste - it was cheaper and safer to use coal", framed.

Cartoon, by Bryan Mcallister

1984
Framed still from The Simpsons episode “Elementary School Musical” Season 22 Episode 1 on which Stephen Hawking was a guest voice. The still depicts Hawking as a DJ playing alongside Lisa Simpson, and Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie from the Flight of the Concords who were also guest voice actors on that episode, beneath the still the poster is inscribed “The Simpsons MABF21 – “Elementary School Musical” Special Guest Voice by Stephen Hawking”.

Framed still from The Simpsons episode “Elementary School Musical”

2010-2016
Cartoon, "The Grey Knight", original by Bernard Partridge, caricature of Viscount Grey of Falloden, Chairman of North Eastern Railway 1904 - 1906, drawn for "Punch" in 1912, framed, Formerly displayed in the Boardroom of the North Eastern Railway Headquarters in York. Written on mount: "THE GREY KNIGHT "PUNCH" 1912 & 1933. THE RT HON VISCOUNT GREY K.G. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS 1905-1916. CHARIMAN OF THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY 1904-1906 DIRECTOR OF THE LONDON & NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY 1923-1916"

The Grey Knight

1912
Original cartoons as appeared in National newspapers, 1 framed and five others on paper.

Original cartoons as appeared in National newspapers

Drawing, ink, "Rail Strike Call" by Joseph Lee, depicting NUR chief calling strike from platform, 1953, from newspaper.

Rail Strike Call

1953
Cartoon, Speaking Tubes, by Marc Foden 1991. Original artwork for the Charles Babbage exhibition, Science Museum 1991, section on the art of the possible, reflecting a calculation by Babbage that if this domestic system of communicating between rooms were applicable for further distances it would take 17 minutes for a spoken word to travel from London to Liverpool. Ink on paper 30x21cm.

Cartoon, Speaking Tubes

1991
Cartoon, by Tony Hall, printed in The Eastern Daily Press, Thursday, July 19th, 1984, showing Margaret and Dennis Thatcher with a toy train set with flask across the line and the line "And precisely who will be interested in the high-impact resistance of your hip flask, Dennis?", satirising Opreation Smash Hit organised by the Central Electricity Generating Board, framed.

Cartoon of Margaret and Dennis Thatcher by Tony Hall

1984
Cartoon by Bryan McAllister

Cartoon by Bryan McAllister

1983
German cartoon, "Co-operation", framed and mounted, belonging to H.W. Florey and displayed on his Laboratory mantelpiece.

German cartoon, 'Co-operation', framed and mounted

Original cartoon by David Low (1924). "May We Hope That Our RA's, After this Admirable Work in Improving The Standard of Our Railway Poster, Will Now Turn Their Attention To Our Electric Signs?"

Original cartoon by David Low (1924). "May We Hope That Our RA's