The History of "Punch"

by M. H. Spielmann

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

	PAGE
"The Mahogany Tree." By Linley Sambourne	[Frontis.]
Headpiece to Preface. By G. du Maurier	[vii]
An Introduction. From First Sketch by C. H. Bennett	[x]
Mr. Punch. By Harry Furniss	[xiv]
Mr. Punch portrayed by Different Hands	[7]
Ebenezer Landells	[15]
Prospectus of Punch, Facsimile of Mark Lemon's MS.	[20-22]
Preliminary Leaflet	[23]
Signatures to the Original Agreement	[25]
First Cover of Punch. By A. S. Henning.	[27]
The Four Earlier Proprietors	[37]
The Five Later Proprietors	[39]
Second Cover. By "Phiz"	[42]
Third Proposed Cover. By H. G. Hine	[43]
Third Cover. By W. Harvey	[44]
Fourth Cover. By Sir John Gilbert, R.A.	[45]
Fifth Cover. By Kenny Meadows	[46]
Sixth Cover. First Design. By Richard Doyle	[47]
Sixth Cover. Second Design. By Richard Doyle	[48]
The First Punch Table: "Crown Inn"	[57]
The Present Punch Table: Bouverie Street	[59]
Twenty-six Initials Carved upon the Table	[60-75]
The Dinner Card	[69]
"Peel's Dirty Boy": Leech's First Sketch	[112]
"Peel's Dirty Boy": The Cartoon	[113]
The Anti-Graham Envelope	[115]
Punch's Anti-Graham Wafers	[117]
The Draughtsman's Revenge	[127]
Bennett's Benefit—The Cast	[133]
Playbill of the Guild of Literature and Art	[137]
Musical: First Sketch. By Henry Walker	[148]
Musical: Drawing. By G. du Maurier	[149]
The Political "Pas de Quatre." By A. S. Henning	[154]
The Political "Pas de Quatre." By J. Leech	[155]
General Février. By J. Leech	[175]
The "Pas de Deux:" Original Drawing. By Sir John Tenniel	[178]
"The Political Mrs. Gummidge." By Sir John Tenniel	[181]
Portraits of Beaconsfield. Re-drawn by Harry Furniss	[201]
"The Mrs. Caudle of the House of Lords:" Original Sketch. By J. Leech	[203]
Portraits of Gladstone. Re-drawn by Harry Furniss	[207]
Maternal Solicitude. By J. Leech	[212]
"A Word with Punch"	[229]
Joseph Swain	[247]
Mark Lemon	[254]
"Mr. Punch's Fancy Ball"	[261]
Portraits of Punch Staff	[262]
Lemon's Presentation Inkstand	[264]
Henry Mayhew	[268]
J. Stirling Coyne	[271]
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett	[272]
Douglas Jerrold	[284]
Albert Smith	[303]
John Oxenford	[308]
W. M. Thackeray	[309]
Thackeray and Jerrold ("Authors' Miseries")	[312]
Thackeray's Presentation Inkstand	[321]
Thackeray at Work. By E. M. Ward, R.A.	[325]
Horace Mayhew	[327]
Thomas Hood	[330]
Tom Taylor	[338]
Leech, Tom Taylor, and part of Horace Mayhew. By R. Doyle	[339]
Henry Silver	[347]
Dickens' Sole (and Rejected) Contribution	[350]
J. Hannay	[354]
Shirley Brooks	[356]
F. C. Burnand	[363]
R. F. Sketchley	[369]
"Artemus Ward"	[370]
H. Savile Clarke	[371]
Arthur W. à Beckett	[375]
E. J. Milliken	[378]
Gilbert à Beckett	[381]
Punch's Family Trees	[382]
John T. Bedford	[385]
J. Ashby-Sterry	[386]
H. W. Lucy	[390]
F. Anstey	[396]
R. C. Lehmann	[401]
A. S. Henning	[411]
H. G. Hine	[414]
Punch's Seal. By H. G. Hine	[415]
John Leech. By Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., R.A.	[418]
"How long have you been gay?" By J. Leech	[428]
"Leech's 'Pretty Girl'": A Skit. By Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., R.A.	[431]
Leech's House in Kensington. By J. Fulleylove, R. I.	[438]
The Historical Ash-tree in Leech's Garden. By J. Fulleylove, R. I.	[439]
"Two Roses": Sketch by John Leech	[440]
A Page from Leech's Sketch-Book: My Lord Brougham	[441]
Kenny Meadows	[447]
Alfred "Crowquill"	[450]
Hablôt K. Browne ("Phiz")	[451]
R. J. Hamerton	[453]
W. McConnell	[461]
Sir J. Tenniel. By Himself	[462]
Sketch for the Pocket-Book, "Arthur and Guinevere." By Sir John Tenniel	[464]
Sketch for the Cartoon "Will it Burst?" By Sir John Tenniel	[465]
Sketch for the Pocket-Book: "Thor." By Sir John Tenniel	[468]
Sketch for the Cartoon "Humpty-Dumpty." By Sir John Tenniel	[469]
Captain H. R. Howard	[475]
Charles S. Keene. By J. D. Watson	[478]
Keene torturing the Bagpipes. By Himself	[485]
From Keene to his Editor	[486]
"Frau," alias "Toby"—Keene's last Drawing	[488]
"Cuthbert Bede"	[492]
T. Harrington Wilson. By T. Walter Wilson	[497]
George du Maurier	[503]
"My Pretty Woman." By G. du Maurier	[508]
Pencil Study. By G. du Maurier	[509]
"Chang." By G. du Maurier	[514]
"Don." By G. du Maurier	[515]
Pencil Study. By G. du Maurier	[516]
Pencil Study. By G. du Maurier	[517]
Fred Barnard. A Libel on Himself	[518]
R. T. Pritchett	[520]
J. Priestman Atkinson	[524]
In a Hansom with Mark Lemon. By J. Priestman Atkinson	[524]
C. H. Bennett. By Himself	[526]
Mrs. Bowers-Edwards (Miss G. Bowers)	[529]
Linley Sambourne. By Himself	[531]
Ernest Griset	[538]
Mr. Griset introduces himself to Mark Lemon	[538]
J. Moyr Smith	[541]
J. Sands	[542]
W. Ralston	[543]
A. Chantrey Corbould	[544]
M. Blatchford	[548]
E. J. Wheeler	[549]
Harry Furniss	[549]
Punch as the Bishop of Lincoln. By Harry Furniss	[550]
Mr. Gladstone Collared. By Harry Furniss	[552]
Two Friends. By Harry Furniss	[554]
"A Happy Release:" A Rejected Trifle. By C. J. Lillie	[556]
E. T. Reed. By Himself	[560]
J. Bernard Partridge. By Himself	[564]
Phil May at Work. By Himself	[568]
Phil May as Punch. By Himself	[570]
The Punch Staff at Table, 1895	[571]
"Finale." By Linley Sambourne	[572]
Index. Original Sketch. By Charles Keene.	[581]

The engravings here borrowed from Punch are reproduced (in all cases in smaller sizes) by special permission of the Proprietors, Messrs. Bradbury, Agnew & Co. The Portrait of Charles Keene by J. D. Watson, and of Himself with the Bagpipes, were first published in Black and White, through whose courtesy they appear here. To all who have accorded the various permissions for reproductions, or who have lent drawings for the better illustration of this volume, the acknowledgments of the writer are gratefully recorded. The Copyright of the illustrations is in every case strictly reserved.

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