[Contents]APPENDIX II.
TEXT OF AGREEMENT CONSTITUTING PUNCH.
Articles of Agreement indented made and entered into this fourteenth day of July—in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty one Between Henry Mayhew of Number 3 Clements Inn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman Mark Lemon of Number 12 Newcastle Street Strand in the said County of Middlesex Gentleman and Joseph Stirling Coyne of Number 14 Fludyer Street in the City of Westminster Gentleman of the first part Ebenezer Landells of Number 32 Bidborough Street in the Parish of Saint Pancras in the County of Middlesex Engraver of the second part and Joseph Last of Crane Court in the City of London Printer of the third part.
It is Agreed between the persons parties hereto each so far as the stipulations hereinafter contained are to be performed by or are applicable to him respectively.
First.
That there shall be published a periodical Work to consist of humorous and political Articles and embellished with Cuts and Caricatures to be called "Punch or the London Charivari" the same to be published in weekly numbers on every Saturday after the date of these presents every such number to be contained in and fill one sheet of double demy of Sixteen pages each page to contain two Columns except the pages containing advertisements each of which are to contain three Columns and that the average size of the Type shall be brevier solid.
Second.
That the persons parties hereto of the first part shall be the Editors of the said work. That the said Ebenezer Landells shall be the Engraver to the same work and that the said Joseph Last shall be the Printer thereof.
Third.
That the said Editors shall supply the said Ebenezer Landells (by delivering the same at Number 12 Newcastle Street Strand the present Office of the Editors of the said work or other the Office for the time being of the said Editors) with written suggestions for subjects for the Cuts for illustration and embellishment of the said work such suggestion for the Cut or Cuts on page 9 of each number (and which page is to be filled with one or more Cut or Cuts and letterpress in explanation thereof) to be furnished at least on the fourteenth day—preceeding [sic] the day on which the number in which they are to be contained is to be published and such suggestions for other Cuts to be furnished one half on the Eighth day and the other half on the Seventh day preceeding the day on which the number in which they are to be contained is to be published such Fourteenth and Seventh days to be reckoned exclusive of such last mentioned day.