Tag Archives: zeppelin

Punch Cartoon 124

February 16, 2015Art, Artist, Lewis Baumer, Punch cartoonart, artist, crowd, home front, search light, spy, zeppelinnotes to the milkman

The final “News For German Consumption” cartoon from the Punch Almanack for 1915:

Cartoon by Lewis Baumer

Published in Punch’s Almanack for 1915

Punch Cartoon 108

January 28, 2015A. Wallis Mills, Art, Artist, Punch cartoonart, artist, cellar, First World War, home front, Kaiser, political, propaganda, zeppelinnotes to the milkman

These two cartoons published in the Punch edition of 27th January 1915 refer to the Zeppelin raid on Great Yarmouth and Kings Lynn on the 19th January.

“The Flight That Failed

Cartoon by Bernard Partridge

Published in Punch January 27th 1915

Cartoon by A. Wallis Mills

Published in Punch January 27th 1915

Punch Cartoon 104

January 21, 2015Art, Artist, F H Townsend, Punch cartoonart, artist, child, First World War, home front, opera, World War 1, World War One, zeppelinnotes to the milkman

This cartoon, which refers to Zeppelins, was published in Punch on January 20th 1915. The first ever air raid on Britain took place the day before when Zeppelins attacked Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn.

Cartoon by F H Townsend

Published in Punch January 20th 1915

Punch Cartoons 78

December 18, 2014Art, Artist, F H Townsend, Frederick Pegram, Punch cartoonart, artist, First World War, flags, home front, recruitment, train, tram, zeppelinnotes to the milkman

These two cartoons ,from Punch one hundred years ago, are about travelling on public transport. It is not so long ago that smoking on trains, and other public places, was banned, yet it was one of the first things that struck me about the first cartoon.

Cartoon by F H Townsend

Published in Punch 16th December 1914

Cartoon by Frederick Pegram

Published in Punch 16th December 1914

Punch Cartoons 39

October 8, 2014Art, Artist, P B Hickling, Punch cartoonart, artist, bath-chair, bicycle, First World War, home front, policeman, seaside, zeppelinnotes to the milkman

These two cartoons published in Punch on 7th October 1914 have a Zeppelin theme (although as mentioned before there were no Zeppelin raids until 1915).

Cartoon by P B Hickling

Published in Punch 7th October 1914

Cartoon by L/C (?)Harrison

Published in Punch 7th October 1914

Punch Cartoon 31

September 25, 2014Art, Artist, Chas Pears, Punch cartoonaircraft, art, bombing, First World War, Kaiser William, plane, Punch, World War One, zeppelinnotes to the milkman

These two cartoons, published in Punch on 23rd September 1914, have an aerial theme. In fact the first attacks were not until January 1915.

“The first extended campaigns of strategic bombing were carried out against England by the German Empire’s fleet of airships, which were then the only aircraft capable of such sustained activities so far from their bases. This campaign was approved on 7 January 1915 by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who forbade attacks on London, fearing that his relatives in the British royal family might be injured. These restrictions were lifted in May, after British attacks on German cities. The first attacks on England were on 9 January, and struck the Yarmouth area and King’s Lynn. In Britain, fear of the Zeppelin as a weapon of war preceded its actual use: even before the war the British public was gripped by “zeppelinitis”.” Wikipedia

Cartoon by unknown artist

Published in Punch 23rd September 1914

Cartoon by Chas Pears