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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.
Vers nonsensiques (8)
George Du Maurier, in Punch, 19 May 1877, p. 218.
Vers nonsensiques (7)
George Du Maurier, in Punch, 12 May 1877, p. 215.
Vers nonsensiques (6)
George Du Maurier, in Punch, 5 May 1877, p. 202.
Vers nonsensiques (5)
George Du Maurier, in Punch, 28 April 1877, p. 191.
Vers nonsensiques (4)
George Du Maurier, in Punch, 31 March 1877, p. 142.
Vers nonsensiques (3)
George Du Maurier, in Punch, 24 March 1877, p. 130.
Vers nonsensiques (2)
George Du Maurier, in Punch, 17 March 1877, p. 110.