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| 1902 Phil May by Sir James Jebusa Shannon oil on canvas 133.3 x 92.1 cm Tate, 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 - 9 also.
This is part 10 of a 22-part series on the works of Phil May:
1899 Fifty Hitherto Unpublished Pen-and-Ink Sketches by Phil May
published by The Leadenhall Press, London:
1901 East London by Walter Besant
published by Chatto & Windus:
1899 Fifty Hitherto Unpublished Pen-and-Ink Sketches by Phil May
published by The Leadenhall Press, London:
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| Title Page |
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| Our Cabbies |
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| Monday Morning |
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| Try Sam Smith's Anti Fat |
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| As it Might Be. Half-a-Crown a Day and Coffee & Soup. |
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| As It Is. Sixteen Pence a Day and Find Yourself |
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| Just Out. Beauties of South Africa. |
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| Nearly Ready. Judges of To-Day. |
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| Back Views |
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| More Back Views. |
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| Mixed Melody. |
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| 'Never mind. I was a child myself once' |
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| Sunday Clothes |
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| 'Ere's Luck!' |
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| Men of Muscle. |
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| The Three Graces. |
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| Mother. |
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| " There'll be more scandal !" |
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| A Shindy-Box Thumper. |
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| Daddy |
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| ( Fresh Eggs ) |
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| Dignity and Impudence. |
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| Little Monkeys. |
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| A Shindy in Bb Note: Bb = B flat |
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| Telling Granny |
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| Rags & Bones |
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| No Hands Wanted Today. |
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| In Charge. |
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| The Doll |
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| Lovers' Quarrels. |
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| Whitechapel Swells. |
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| Temptation! |
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| Monkeys ! |
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| A Spirited Dance. |
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| Gutter Merchants. |
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| From Italia's Sunny Shores. |
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| A Billsticker. |
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| Dandy Jim and Hemmerann. |
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| Starving ! |
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| Listen to my Tale of Woe. |
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| "Isn't he a Beauty?" |
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| Order and Disorder |
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| "Let me like a Soldier fall !" |
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| Head Pieces. |
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| Cupid in Rags. |
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| A Pair of 'Em! |
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| "Things woz different Mum, when we woz Gels." |
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| An Accident. |
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| Men of War. |
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| "Wot are yer a 'larfin at ?" |
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| A Sharp Contrast. |
1901 East London by Walter Besant
published by Chatto & Windus:
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| Title Page |
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| Frontispiece. East London Loafers. |
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| A Street Row in the East-End. |
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| An August Bank-Holiday in the East End. |
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| In an East-End Gin-Shop |
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| 1901 "An Englishman's House,"&c. Punch magazine |
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| 1901 "Oi be eighty-foive, zur." ... Punch magazine |
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| 1901 On the Sands |
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| 1901 Sir John Longstaff pencil 25.1 x 22.9 cm National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| 1901 The Major. 'Yes, by jove. All that confounded drink. The one lowering the other!' pen and ink 23.5 x 17.1 cm |
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| 1902 "Joe" Chamberlain watercolour and pencil on board |
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| 1902 Balfour pen ink and watercolour with pencil on board 22.2 x 7.6 cm |
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| 1902 Bull-dogs do get so attached to people! Punch magazine |