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A Touching Appeal: A Parody of “The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bò”

Punch, Vol. 107 (17 November 1894), pp. 234-235. From Amy Matthewson’s Cartooning China: Punch, Power, & Politics in the Victorian Era. London and new York: Routledge, 2022, pp. 114-116. John Tenniel’s “A Touching Appeal” depicts an overgrown childlike Chinese man named Younghy-Bung-Boo-Hoo … Continue reading

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Punch and “The Owl and the Pussy-cat”

Doug Harris reports on the conutinuing interest of Punch for Edward Lear’s most famous poem.  

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Desperate Remedies: A Punch Limerick

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Vers nonsensiques (8)

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 19 May 1877, p. 218.

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Vers nonsensiques (7)

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 12 May 1877, p. 215.

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Vers nonsensiques (6)

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 5 May 1877, p. 202.

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Vers nonsensiques (5)

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 28 April 1877, p. 191.

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Vers nonsensiques (4)

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 31 March 1877, p. 142.

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Vers nonsensiques (3)

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 24 March 1877, p. 130.

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Vers nonsensiques (2)

George Du Maurier, in Punch, 17 March 1877, p. 110.

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