Mr Caudle collection

The majority of these postcards show cartoons relating to a popular Victorian publication : "Mrs Caudle’s Curtain Lectures" by Douglas Jerrold (first published in 1845).

The frontispiece to this publication, shown here, sets the tone, namely Job Caudle's domestic enslavement to what Victorians would have regarded as a pettycoat tyrant, the accusatory Mrs. Caudle, whose voice dominates all thirty-six lectures. Trouble is, as always brewing, as Job Caudle, mild-mannered, middle-class Londoner, arrives home a little late from the local public house, without a house key, a symbol of his longed-for independence (see this article in “The Victorian Web” for more information).

Postcards

  • Mr Caudle - Mr Caudle has been called from his bed to bail out a friend….Postcard franked E Hoathly Dec 1910 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2570-6 (Ref: PC_Browne_0001)
  • Mr Caudle - Mr Caudle has remained downstairs …..Postcard franked E Hoathly Dec 1910 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2570-5 (Ref: PC_Browne_0002)
  • Mr Caudle - Mr Caudle coming home latePostcard franked Dereham Jan 1909 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2570 (Ref: PC_Browne_0003)
  • Mr Caudle - Mr Caudle has been at a tavern with a friend….Postcard franked Nottingham January 1912 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2573 (Ref: PC_Browne_0004)
  • Mr Caudle - Mrs Caudle has lent £5 to a friendUnused postcard - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 3019 (Ref: PC_Browne_0005)
  • Mr Caudle - Mrs Caudle in tearsPostcard franked August 1912 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2573-6 (Ref: PC_Browne_0007)
  • Mr Caudle - Mr Caudle looks for burglarsPostcard written but unfranked - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2570 (Ref: PC_Browne_0008)
  • Mr Caudle unable to stand Mrs Caudle’s tongue….Used postcard - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2570 (Ref: PC_Browne_0011)
  • Mr Caudle has been to Greenwich FairPostcard franked Dublin 1906 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2570 (Ref: PC_Browne_0009)
  • Mr Caudle in self-defence reads a bookUnused postcard - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2573 (Ref: PC_Browne_0010)
  • Mrs Caudle’s Curtain LecturesPostcard franked Manchester 1905 - National Series 229 - Original by Tom Browne (Ref: PC_Browne_0013)
  • Mr Caudle? - Illustrated bridge: Clubs are trumpsPostcard franked Falmouth July 1913 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2597 (Ref: PC_Browne_0006)
  • Mr Caudle? - The early bird catches the….Postcard franked Birmingham September 1903 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Original by Tom Browne 2502 (Ref: PC_Browne_0014)