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Cartoon, Cow Catchers

1991

Cartoon, Mail by Air

1991

Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield

1992

Punch cartoon about radio and television replacing going out

1933-11-06

Streamlined Trains

1936

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

2 col. etchings: Cartoons lampooning women's knowledge

framed autographed Monty Python cartoon

2010-2015

Framed Chinese cartoon penguin

1980-2010

Ink and wash cartoon by Cummings. "Talking of bottlenecks

Cartoon depicting Miss Pearl Edith Wadham

American view of the Channel Tunnel Scare

1882-1885

Cartoon, Arcade Game

1991

Seven cartoon postcards advertising Pratts petrol

Cartoon drawing

1880-1889

Cartoon, letterpress. `Our gas

1810-1860

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

Blackpool is so Barking

1998

The First Railway Jubilee in the World

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

Original cartoons as appeared in National newspapers

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

Drawing, ink, Yorkatt and Eric's very own contribution to railway history!, by Wolf (Richard Stansfield), 2003. Depicts a dilapidated steam locomotive carrying the nameplate 'Rockatt' being driven by a cat, while another cat walks on the track in front holding a flag. The cats are Yorkatt and Eric, the Yorkcats, which regularly featured in the York Evening Press (later the York Press) newspaper. Signed 'Wolf' at bottom right with title in pencil below.

Artwork for cartoon - Rockatt by Wolf

2003
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..."

Ink Wash cartoon by Ward - The settled Carlisle line and restoration of Mallard. 35 x 26. 5cms

Ink wash cartoon by Ward

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

Cartoon original by Vicky. 'The Great Train Robbery'. Published in the Evening Standard. ( With a copy of the published cartoon stuck to the back)

Cartoon original 'The Great Train Robbery' by Vicky

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

Rail Strike Call

1953
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 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
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
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
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "The Flood on the Thames Junction Railway enveloping an extensive steam engine belonging to the Company", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on the railways, depicting a steam engine and train under water, about 1838 - 1843.

the flood on the thames junction

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "Lady Baring's Servant in trying to recover his hat fortunately for himself precipitated into a pond ", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on railway safety, depicting a man falling from an open carriage in a passing train, down an embankment and into a pond, about 1838 - 1843.

lady baring's servant in trying to recover his hat

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "Mr Kendrick of Crewe being refused his luggage by the Railway Officer", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on the railways' autocratic attitude to their passengers, depicting a pile of luggage and group of passengers arguing with a railway official, about 1838 - 1843.

Mr Kendrick of Crewe Being Refused His Luggage

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "The Constable on the Great Western Railway who was run over by the train whilst taking his tea", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on the railways, depicting a railway policeman responsible for signalling being run over by a train as it emerges from a tunnel, about 1838 - 1843.

The Constable on the Great Western Railway

1838-1843
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "The Railway Share Market continues to wear the same old doleful features", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on the risks of investing in railway stock, depicting miserable men buying shares, about 1838 - 1843.

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

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "A family applying Wray's Aromatic Spice plaster preparatory to undertaking a journey by the Railroad", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on passengers' fear of railway travel, depicting a family anointing themselves, about 1838 - 1843.

A Family Applying Wray's Aromatic Spice Plaster

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "Sale of the effects of the Sufferer on the Railway", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on the railways' autocratic attitude to their passengers and the dangers of railway travel, depicting an auction of a dead man's possessions, about 1838 - 1843.

sale of the effects of the sufferer on the railway

circa 1838-1843
Cartoon, ink pen (stylic art), "The gentleman who was locked up, because he had lost his ticket", by C.A.S., a satirical comment on the railways' autocratic attitude to their passengers, depicting a man with luggage in a cell, about 1838 - 1843.

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

circa 1838-1843
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

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

"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
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 original by Waite. "Wide interest in your little speech reported yesterday - if the food is lousy sent it back" (civil servant to Minister of Transport Ernest Marples). Published in the Daily Sketch, 25 January 1962

Cartoon original by Waite. "Wide interest in your little speech reported yesterday - if the food is lousy sent it back"

1962
Drawing in ink, untitled, two cats in railway uniform, by Wolf (Richard Stansfield), 2003. One cat has an 'arm' around the other. The drawing depicts the Yorkcats, called Yorkatt and Eric, which regularly appeared in the York Evening Press (later York Press). The cats were modelled on the artist's pet cats, Tink and Eric.

Artwork for cartoon - unnamed. Shows Yorkcats in drivers uniform

2003
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, 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, 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, unframed, from the "Western Mail" dated July 16th, 1903 entitled "Breaking the Record", depicting King George when Prince of Wales, driving a Great Western Railway locomotive on a world record trip to Plymouth, original presented to the Great Western Railway by the Western Mail.

Cartoon, framed, Breaking the Record

1903