Description: Cartoons from Punch magazine by Bernard Partridge.Knighted in 1925, Sir Bernard Partridge was simply one of the finest political cartoonists ever to grace the pages of Punch, and therefore the world. His style was a simplifying of Sir John Tenniel's fine cross hatching, with thicker but no less detailed expression into dramatic and epic statements. This successful progression of tone in Punch was in no small part due to Partridge having been a theatre actor of renown who knew and painted many portraits of Henry Irving, one of England's greatest stage actors. His bold and rousing images span a career of over 50 years and his WW1 political cartoons are not only the best of propaganda from that time, but also often chillingly and brutally observed, which nearly a hundred years on are still fresh and hard hitting. If one were to pick just two definitive examples from Punch magazine, it would surely be a Tenniel cartoon from the Victorian era and a Partridge cartoon from the Twentieth Century.THE DARKENING OF THE SUN --A very effective propagandist cartoon, partially inspired by the solar eclipse that would occur the week following the publication of this cartoon (June 29, 1927).Keywords: Communists, Soviet Union, solar eclipse, Red Scare, Bolshevism, dripping blood, torch, knifeFull size: 8 x 10 1/2 inches, including margins. Image shown is slightly cropped.Source: PUNCH Magazine, June 22, 1927Condition: still bright paper, clean, unrelated text on Verso. Vintage not a modern reproduction. For framing. I have other hard-to-find original Punch cartoon illustrations for sale. Combine orders with no extra shipping fees. Punch, a magazine of humor and satire, ran from 1841-2002. A very British institution renowned internationally for its wit and irreverence, it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Questions welcome. Extra images can be added by request. International shipping available. All orders are carefully packaged for safe delivery. Experienced full time professional bookseller since 1994; print, map and poster seller since 2000.
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Artist: Bernard Partridge
Style: Cartoon
Date of Creation: 1927
Width (Inches): 8 inches
Color: Black and White
Subject: Communism
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Height (Inches): 10 1/2 inches
Type: Print
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
