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Punch cartoon about radio and television replacing going out

Punch cartoon about radio and television replacing going out

1933-11-06
Framed Chinese cartoon penguin

Framed Chinese cartoon penguin

1980-2010
framed autographed Monty Python cartoon

framed autographed Monty Python cartoon

2010-2015
Seven cartoon postcards advertising Pratts petrol

Seven cartoon postcards advertising Pratts petrol

Cartoon, Cow Catchers

Cartoon, Cow Catchers

1991
the flood on the thames junction

the flood on the thames junction

circa 1838-1843
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

Cartoon, Arcade Game

Cartoon, Arcade Game

1991
The Constable on the Great Western Railway

The Constable on the Great Western Railway

1838-1843
Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield

Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield

1992
Sale of the Effects of the Sufferer on the Railway

Sale of the Effects of the Sufferer on the Railway

circa 1838-1843
The Queen's Staghounds Narrow Escape

The Queen's Staghounds Narrow Escape

circa 1838-1843
A Family Applying Wray's Aromatic Spice Plaster

A Family Applying Wray's Aromatic Spice Plaster

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon drawing

Cartoon drawing

1880-1889
lady baring's servant in trying to recover his hat

lady baring's servant in trying to recover his hat

circa 1838-1843
Blackpool is so Barking

Blackpool is so Barking

1998
frontispiece

frontispiece

circa 1838-1843
Streamlined Trains

Streamlined Trains

1936
The First Railway Jubilee in the World

The First Railway Jubilee in the World

Ink and wash cartoon by Cummings. "Talking of bottlenecks

Ink and wash cartoon by Cummings. "Talking of bottlenecks

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
Mr Kendrick of Crewe Being Refused His Luggage

Mr Kendrick of Crewe Being Refused His Luggage

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
2 col. etchings: Cartoons lampooning women's knowledge

2 col. etchings: Cartoons lampooning women's knowledge

Cartoon, Mail by Air

Cartoon, Mail by Air

1991
pen cartoon

pen cartoon

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, letterpress

Cartoon, letterpress

1810-1860
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 drawing by A. Corbould. Original artwork for `Punch' cartoon. Showing a schoolboy snapshooting a courting couple

Cartoon of a Schoolboy Snapshooting a Courting Couple

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

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

Original cartoons as appeared in National newspapers

"The Germ Busters" cartoon, black and white, A2 format, commissioned for 'Stories from the Germ Labs' exhibition, by Martin Rowson, 1997.

"The Germ Busters" cartoon

1997
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

Cartoon by Bryan McAllister

Cartoon by Bryan McAllister

1983
Cartoon entitled 'Save Time Labour and Money. Let us celebrate Christmas for you in ye old fashioned way', drawn by Thomas Derrick and published in 'Punch' magazine, 6 November 1933. Shows Christmas celbrations in television studio.

Let us celebrate Christmas for you...

1933-11-06
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
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 original by Bryan McAllister. "Sorry I'm late - I got on the Royal Train by mistake...". Published in The Guardian, 13 March 1985

Cartoon original by Bryan McAllister. "Sorry I'm late - I got on the Royal Train by mistake..."

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 artwork in ink of the cats, Yorkatt and Eric, riding on the top of the A4 class steam locomotive Mallard, by Wolf (Richard Stansfield), 2003. Mallard emerges from a tunnel with the cats holding on to a rope tied around the locomotive chimney. A railwayman at trackside points at the cats. At bottom left are the words "Caption: 'Oi! You two....off!'" Signed at bottom centre "Wolf'".

Artwork for cartoon - Yorkcats and Mallard

2003
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
Watercolour, Bullet Train, cartoon artwork depicting the cats Yorkatt and Eric viewing the Japanese Shinkansen Series 0 bullet train on display at the National Railway Museum, by Wolf (Richard Stansfield), 2003. Depicts a grey and a ginger cat, seen from the rear, in the foreground as visitors view the Shinkansen. A speech bubble reading 'Awesome!' appears above the grey cat. Signed at bottom right "Wolf'" with the title "Bullet train" below. Published in the York Evening Press newspaper.

Artwork for cartoon - Bullet train shows Yorkcats in front of Bullet train

2003
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