Political comment collection

A selection of postcards by various artists and different publishers providing political commentary, mostly humorous, on the issues of the day.

Also a small collection of RP postcards with portraits of the major political figures in the UK and Europe.

Sub-albums

Postcards

  • PC_LondonBB-E19+Suffragette
  • PC_Moreland_248E
  • PC_Moreland_248A
  • PC_Moreland_248B
  • PC_Moreland_248C
  • PC_Comic_F260E
  • PC_Moreland_248D
  • PC_Moreland_248F
  • PC_Comic_F257B
  • PC_Comic_F257C
  • PC_Comic_F248F (F257D)
  • PC_Comic_F257E
  • PC_Comic_F257F
  • PC_Comic-Pol227 (1)
  • PC_Comic-Pol01 (1)
  • PC_NPett01Early postcard with a caricature on Neville Chamberlain by Norman Pett (1891-1960) Norman Pett was an English artist who, in 1932, created the famous cartoon character “Jane” for the Daily Mirror. He was born on 12 April 1891 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire. After being invalided out of the First World War, he studied art at the Press Art School. Later, he taught art at the Mosley Road Junior Art School and at Birmingham Central School of Art. In 1932, Pett set out to create a comic strip that would be as popular to adults as the famous Pip, Squeak and Wilfred was to children. And so, “Jane” was created. After drawing her for 16 years, Pett retired from drawing “Jane” in 1948, and the strip was continued by Michael Hubbard. He died at his home in Sussex on 16 February 1960.
  • PC_Comic_Penniall01Unused postcard - Pub: Tamesis Photographic Syndicate, London Apparently a reference to Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) as leader of the Liberal Unionist opposition taking up the cause of tariff reform to protect the UK from imports from the USA, Russia and Europe at the time of the 1906 General Election - "Shades of Cobden & Bright” refers to Richard Cobden (1804-1865) and John Bright (1811-1889) two radical Liberal politicians who founded the Anti-Corn Law League, aimed at abolishing the Corn Laws, which raised food prices and protected landowners' interests by levying taxes on imported wheat. The Corn Laws were abolished in 1846, but evidently “times have altered” by 1906…...
  • PC_Comic_F126
  • PC_Comic0116 (1)Unfranked PC - "Herriot series” - Artist: R O Longmire (Illustrator) Apparently a reference to Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) as leader of the Liberal Unionist opposition From the 1895 general election the Liberal Unionists were in coalition with the Conservative Party, under Chamberlain's former opponent Lord Salisbury. In that government Chamberlain served as Secretary of State for the Colonies, promoting a variety of schemes to build up the Empire in Asia, Africa, and the West Indies, including preferential tariff treatment He also esposed the cause of tariff reform to protect the UK from imports from the USA, Russia and Europe at the time of the 1906 General Election.
  • PC_Comic_Pol02
  • PC_Comic_Pol03
  • PC_Comic_Pol04-Wrench10473
  • PC_Comic_Pol04-Wrench10477
  • PC_Comic_Pol05
  • PC_Political01
  • PC_Comic0022
  • PC_Comic0143
  • PC_Comic0097
  • PC_Political_NUCCA-172
  • PC_InterArt_Licker193
  • PC_Comic0026bMiller & Lang “National" series
  • Fiscal Speeches No 2Postcard franked London 1906 - Pub: C W Faulkner & Co, London (? Moreland) EC Series 314B-FS2 (Ref: PC_Faulkner_314B-FS2)
  • Fiscal Speeches No 3Unfranked postcard - Pub: C W Faulkner & Co, London EC Series 314B-FS3 (Ref: PC_Faulkner_314B-FS3)
  • Fiscal Speeches No 6Unfranked postcard - Pub: C W Faulkner & Co, London EC Series 314B-FS6 (Ref: PC_Faulkner_314B-FS6)
  • PC_Comic0110