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Punch, or The London Charivari was a
British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in
1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells.
Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and
1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its
modern sense as a humorous illustration.
Punch was founded on 17 July 1841 by Henry Mayhew and
engraver Ebenezer Landells, on an initial investment of £25.
It was jointly edited by Mayhew and Mark Lemon. It was
subtitled The London Charivari in homage to Charles
Philipon's French satirical humour magazine Le Charivari.
Reflecting their satiric and humorous intent, the two
editors took for their name and masthead the anarchic glove
puppet, Mr. Punch, of Punch and Judy; the name also referred
to a joke made early on about one of the magazine's first
editors, Lemon, that "punch is nothing without lemon".
Mayhew ceased to be joint editor in 1842 and became "suggestor
in chief" until he severed his connection in 1845. The
magazine initially struggled for readers, except for an 1842
"Almanack" issue which shocked its creators by selling
90,000 copies. In December 1842 due to financial
difficulties the magazine was sold to Bradbury and Evans,
both printers and publishers. Bradbury and Evans capitalized
on newly evolving mass printing technologies and also were
the publishers for Charles Dickens and William Makepeace
Thackeray.
The term "cartoon" to refer to comic drawings was first used
in Punch in 1843, when the Houses of Parliament were to be
decorated with murals, and "cartoons" for the mural were
displayed for the public; the term "cartoon" then meant a
finished preliminary sketch on a large piece of cardboard,
or cartone in Italian. Punch humorously appropriated the
term to refer to its political cartoons, and the popularity
of the Punch cartoons led to the term's widespread use.
This collection on DVD
contains 78 volumes, all in PDF format.
Each PDF file contains 2 volumes, with each volume covering
6 months, so this collection covers
39 years of Punch Magazine.
Since Punch Magazine was published weekly, this DVD contains
roughly 2028 weekly
issues of Punch.
Please note that this collection contains scans of old books, some
of which were in poor condition before being rescued and digitized for
posterity. This means that you may see some pages with creases
and tears that show up in the scans.
Publications List:
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Punch Magazine Volumes 60 and 61, covering
1871, 571 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 62 and 63, covering
1872, 573 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 64 and 65, covering
1873, 564 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 68 and 69, covering
1875, 606 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 70 and 71, covering
1876, 600 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 72 and 73, covering
1877, 646 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 76 and 77, covering
1879, 644 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 84 and 85, covering
1883, 656 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 94 and 95, covering
1888, 660 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 96 and 97, covering
1889, 678 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 98 and 99, covering
1890, 670 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 100 and 101,
covering 1891, 692 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 102 and 103,
covering 1892, 686 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 104 and 105,
covering 1893, 670 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 108 and 109,
covering 1895, 668 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 110 and 111,
covering 1896, 664 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 112 and 113,
covering 1897, 694 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 118 and 119,
covering 1900, 970 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 120 and 121,
covering 1901, 984 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 122 and 123,
covering 1902, 1020 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 124 and 125,
covering 1903, 992 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 126 and 127,
covering 1904, 946 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 128 and 129,
covering 1905, 982 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 130 and 131,
covering 1906, 982 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 132 and 133,
covering 1907, 982 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 134 and 135,
covering 1908, 1000 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 136 and 137,
covering 1909, 982 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 138 and 139,
covering 1910, 1000 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 140 and 141,
covering 1911, 1116 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 144 and 145,
covering 1913, 1116 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 146 and 147,
covering 1914, 1168 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 148 and 149,
covering 1915, 1159 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 150 and 151,
covering 1916, 934 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 152 and 153,
covering 1917, 914 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 154 and 155,
covering 1918, 891 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 156 and 157,
covering 1919, 1126 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 158 and 159,
covering 1920, 1121 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 160 and 161,
covering 1921, 1121 pages |
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Punch Magazine Volumes 162 and 163,
covering 1922, 1239 pages |
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