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1894 Phil May by Phil May
pen, brush and pencil on paper 15.7 x 12.2 cm
© National Portrait Gallery, London |
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 - 6 also.
This is part 7 of a 22-part series on the works of Phil May:
1897-98 Phil May's Illustrated Annual published by Neville Beeman Ltd., London:
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| Front Cover |
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| Title Page |
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A Large Order.
Little Girl.- "Three penn'orth o' brandy; an' I want a cork;
an' will ye wash the bottle out, cos it's 'ad milk in it." |
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In a Garrison Town.
First Loafer to second ditto ( as our friends from the circus pass by ): "Officers !" |
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Thought Reading.
"I say, old chap, you haven't such a thing as Half-a-Crown about you ?
"How on earth did you guess that ?" |
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| "'Scuse me, Missh, but can you 'blige me with a clove ? I get er meet Misshus, an' I don't want 'er to notish ellything." |
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| Drunken Tramp.- ... |
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| "Ye're not goin' into that public house, are ye, Tim? ... |
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| A Street Corner Study. |
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"Do you ever fight, little boy?"
"No; I 'aven't got a bruvver." |
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| Irish. |
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| Head Studies |
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Priest.- "And how many whiskeys do you drink in an hour, Pat?"
Pat.- "Sometoimes Wan; sometoimes two; but niver less than three, your Riverince." |
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| Signor Spaghetti ... |
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| Mrs. Murphy.- "sure it's goin' to be a moighty hard winter, Father dear; there'll be a moighty lot av us owld folks nipped in the bud, oi'm thinking." |
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| "Now, Tommy; you know that Christopher Columbus made three voyages; tell me, on which one did he die?" |
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Zoology.
"That's a porkypine, Sarah."
"No, it ain't, Bill; its a orstridge." |
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| Daubigny.- '... |
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| "Garn! You won't tell me mother, 'cos I aven't got such a thing." |
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| Sandwich board man. |
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| A study. |
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| "A woman of no importance." |
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| A Study. |
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| Art Patron ... |
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"Wanted, a Coachman."
An applicant. |
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| The Game of "Buttons." |
1897 The Z.Z.G., or Zig Zag Guide round and about the bold and beautiful Kentish Coast published by Adam and Charles Black, London:
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| Title Page |
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| "Won't tike yer 'arf a minute, lidy" |
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| The deep deep C. |
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| Sketched at Boulogne |
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| A passenger on the Laverock |
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| On Ramsgate Sands |
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The Ducking-Stool at Fordwich
( see below ) |
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The Ducking-Stool at Fordwich
period photograph |
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Traveller with E.S.W.G. at starting
Traveller returning |
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| Ramsgate Bank Holiday 11 a.m. |
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| Birds of A feather |
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1899 Sir Henry Irving
pencil 15.3 x 9.9 cm
© National Portrait Gallery, London |
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1899 Sketch in an East End Gin Shop ( London )
pen and black ink on ivory wove paper 27.8 x 19 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1900 "Yer know, them Boers 'as bin storin' guns and hambition for years!"
Punch magazine |
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1900 'Arriet. "Wot toime his the next troine fer 'Ammersmith?" ...
Punch magazine |
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1900 A Cavalier
watercolour on cream wove board 21.1 x 16 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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before1900 A Benevolent Connoisseur
"You are !" |
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1900 Boxing Day.
Punch magazine |
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1900 Commissionare
Punch magazine artwork |
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1900 Hard Lines!
"Just my luck! This sort of thing always happens just when I'm invited to a party!"
Punch magazine |
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1900 I say - youngster
pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on buff wove card 30.4 x 24 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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1900 Jocular Chimney Sweep
Punch magazine |
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1900 Mafeking Night.
(Or rather 3 am the following morning.) |
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1900 Mamma: 'Tomorrow's Xmas Day, Effie Dear
pen and ink 22.9 x 17.8 cm |
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1900 Murphy and Clancy
pen on paper 26.6 x 18.3 cm
National Galleries of Scotland. |
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1900 The dotty one...
pencil 22.2 x 13.3 cm |
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1900 Theatre Royal Drury Lane Programme
pen and black ink, over blue pencil, on buff wove board
29.7 x 21.5 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
