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1901 Self-Portrait
pencil 15.9 x 10.2 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 - 11 also.
This is part 12 of a 22-part series on the works of Phil May:
1902 ? The Phil May Album published by Methuen & Co., London:
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| Blowing a Cloud |
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| The Legitimate |
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| A Question of Hose |
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| Fallen Greatness |
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| "Not Golden, But Gilded" |
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| New Version, The Temptation of Anthony |
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| Fate ! |
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| At the National Sporting Club, The Noble Art |
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| Pro Bono Publico |
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| Accommodating |
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| At a Provincial Banquet |
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| All the Difference |
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| Three Men in a Boot. |
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| Cousin Jane |
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| An Upright Course |
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| A Benevolent Connoisseur "You are!" |
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| On the Sands |
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| Womanly |
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| Our Climate |
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Information Wanted, Fat Party:
"Say, boy, do my boots want cleaning?" |
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| French, as she is spoke |
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| Hard Lines |
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| Mutual Consideration |
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| Britons in Paris |
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| Ready for the Ball |
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| Before His Friends |
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| Saintly Politeness |
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| Oh, Listen to a Tale of "Wo" |
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| The Victim of Circumstances |
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| A Pair of Soiled Kids |
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| The Cape Mail |
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| Information |
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| A Howling Swell |
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| An Idle Fellow |
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| A Pleasant Prospect |
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| On the Sands |
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| Realism |
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| No Chance |
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| She |
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| A Prominent Feature |
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| Force of Habit |
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| The Unkindest Cut |
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| "Hullo, Bill - blind again?" |
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"Say, would you be so stupid as to lend me 5s?"
( Note: 5 shillings ) |
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| In Her War Paint |
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| Fast and Loose |
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| Obvious |
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| Monsieur Sardou |
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| Pleasant Memories |
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| She: "It must be a dreadful thing to become old and ugly... |
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| "I have a Song to Sing O." |
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| A Nasty One |
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| New use for a Clothes-Peg, How to obtain a good French accent |
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| Mistress ( to new cook ):… |
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| Picksome |
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| The Wrong Shop |
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| Baker's Strike |
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| She: "Oh, John, we're next to the engine." |
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| The Boy: "Granpa, is a Jewess a She-brew?" |
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| Savage South Africa |
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| Leg-islation |
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| Intelligence Department |
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| The Consuming Passion |
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| Retired Burglar... |
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| The Down Train |
