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1889 Self-Portrait
black chalk, charcoal, and graphite with white chalk, on ivory wove card 35 x 26.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
Philip William May was a caricaturist. He was born near Leeds and was the son of an engineer who died when May was nine years old. May worked in a variety of jobs before moving to London, and shortly afterward to Australia, when he was seventeen. In Australia he found work with the Sydney Bulletin, and in just three years produced over 800 drawings for the Bulletin. On his return to London in 1892 May drew for the St Stephen's Review; his studies of the London guttersnipes and coster-girls rapidly made him famous. He became a regular member of the staff of Punch in 1896, and in his later years his services were retained exclusively for Punch and The Graphic.
For full biographical notes on Phil May see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 22-part series on the works of Phil May:
1896 Phil May's Gutter-Snipes. 50 original sketches in pen & ink. The Leadenhall Press Ltd, London:
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Front Cover
Grace ! |
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| End Paper |
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| Title Page |
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Dedication
This to That. |
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| Shuttlecock |
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| A Gutter-Ball. |
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| Playing Soldiers. |
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| Water-Works. |
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| A Game at Ball. |
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| Longing for Lickings. |
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| Boy. "No? Why don't you never treat yourself to no luxuries, Guvner?" |
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| "Orrible and re-voltin' details, Sir!" |
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| Plunderers. |
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| Lost |
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| Homeless |
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| The Slide. |
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| Bits & Scraps. |
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| Brother Artists. |
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| The First Smoke. |
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| Peg-Top. |
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| Tantalizing! |
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| See-Saw |
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| Honey-Pots |
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| Snowballing. |
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| "Box o' lights my Lord?" |
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| Mudlarks. "Chuck us a copper !" |
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| A Swell. |
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| Buttons. |
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| Fairies |
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| "Whip-Behind" |
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| 'Ear y'are Sir |
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| "Three shies a penny." |
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| "Give us a bite." |
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| What Betsy-Ann makes of it. |
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| Hop-Scotch. |
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| Marbles. |
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| Old friends. |
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| An Adept. |
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40 "Remember Remember!"
( The 5th of November, Guy Fawkes Night ) |
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| Playing at Horsee |
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| "Sweep your door away mum.?" |
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| Litthe Mothers. |
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| Will it be me? |
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| Whistling the last new tune. |
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| A Misunderstanding. |
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| Leap-Frog |
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| A Day in the Country. |
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| Hide & Seek. |
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Two Pennorth.
( Two Penny-Worth ) |
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| Rugby Rules. |
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| Bob-in-the-Cap |
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| Tip-Cat. |
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| Acrobats. |
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| 55 Gutter Gymnasts. |
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| The first smoke. |
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1897 Man with Violin Case
pen and black ink over black chalk, heightened with white gouache, on ivory wove paper 35 x 23.7 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1897 Mrs. Mashem. "Bull-Bull and I have been sitting for our Photographs as 'Beauty and the Beast'!
Lord Loreus ( a bit of a Fancier ). "Yes; he certainly is a Beauty, isn't he?"
Punch magazine |
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1897 Phil May's Graphic Pictures
published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London |
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1897 Player's "Navy Cut" advertisement
New York Public Library |
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1897 Punch Almanack
1898 front cover |
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1898 ( attributed to May ) Policeman and Tramp
pen and brown ink with brush and watercolour and gouache, over graphite, on ivory wove paper 30.7 x 21.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1898 At a County Fair
pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove card 34.8 x 24.4 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1898 Chemist ( to battered female, who is covered with scratches ).
"The cat, I suppose?"
Battered female. "No. Another lydy!"
Punch magazine |
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1898 Easter Monday.
'Arry. "Do you pass any pub's on the way to
Broadstairs, cabby?"
Cabby. "Yes. Lots."
'Arry. "Well, don't!"
Punch magazine |
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1898 I wonder what Caroline’ll say…
pen and ink on grey board 26.7 x 10.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1898 Man and Woman Sitting on Wharf
pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on ivory wove card 34.8 x 23.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1898 William Newzam Prior Nicholson |
