The Illustrators - The British Art of Illustration 1800-2007

24 November 2007 - 5 January 2008

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NORMAN THELWELL (1923-2004)

THE AA MAN AND THE HOLIDAY QUEUES YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHEN IT'S COWES WEEK 'DON'T GET TOO FAR AHEAD'

NELLY LITTEHALE UMBSTAETTER (1867-1941)

CASTLE IN THE AIR   

LOUIS WAIN (1860-1939)

CATASTROPHIES ARE 'OFF' IN 1902
TAKE CARE HOW YOU STEP INTO THE NEW YEAR. DECEMBER IS RATHER A TRYING MONTH TO GET THROUGH, WHAT WITH XMAS, AND NEW YEAR'S EVE. MAN AND HIS MASTER
SHE: 'WHAT AN AWFULLY PRETTY GIRL!'
HE: 'AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS, EH?' THE QUACK DOCTOR
'THIS LOTION IS A POSITIVE CURE FOR SCRATCHES AND BRUISES. 
IT RESTORES FUR AND ALL OTHER INJURIES AFTER A FIGHT.'
PHRENOLOGY
INQUISITIVE CLIENT: 'YOU ARE A GOOD PHRENOLOGIST. NOW, HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT
	FOR THAT LAWN MARK DOWN MY HEAD?'
PHRENOLOGIST: 'ROTTEN ROW, SIR!' K. LITTLE KATHLEEN, OUT WITH HER KITE, IT BROKE FROM THE STRING, 
AND FLEW OUT OF SIGHT MISTLETOE FOR YOU

ARTHUR WATTS (1883-1935)

MOTORIST: 'IS THERE ANYWHERE ABOUT HERE I COULD GET ONE OF MY INNER TUBES PATCHED UP?'
RUSTIC: 'TRY DR JONES' WHY NOT HAVE SWIVEL SEATS FITTED TO THE FIRST FEW ROWS OF STALLS SO THAT DISTINGUISHED FIRST NIGHTERS CAN DISPLAY THEMSELVES IN COMFORT DURING THE ENTR'ACTES OUTRAGED OWNER: 'ARE YOU AWARE SIR, THAT YOU ARE TRESPASSING ON A GROUSE MOOR?'
UNWORLDLY GENTLEMAN: 'I'M AFRAID SO SIR, I'M AFRAID SO, BUT SURELY THE GLORIOUS TWELFTH IS OVER?'
'I TELL YOU THEY ARE POLICE OFFICERS. THEY'RE DRINKING CHAMPAGNE'   

 

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