A FORECAST OF THE PICTORIAL PRESS 1919 Charles Harrison PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 10 3/4 inch x 8 1/4 inch Wood Engraved Cartoon page titled A FORECAST OF THE PICTORIAL PRESS ON THE THREATENED RESUMPTION OF HOUSE-BUILDING from Punch, September 10, 1919..

The cartoon is by Charles Harrison (1860 - 1943). His first published work was a comic he wrote and drew, published by a local printer. He later illustrated a series of children's books, and joined the staff of James Henderson & Sons, where he drew for Funny Folks and Scraps. He left Hendersons in 1893, joining Cassell's Saturday Journal and drawing a fortnightly page. He also contributed to Punch, St. Stephen's Review, the Daily Mail, The Sketch, The Passing Show and Pearson's Weekly, and the American magazine Judge. He illustrated the books Accidents Will Happen (1907) and A Humorous History of England (1920).

Punch, or The London Charivari, was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration.

The page is in very good condition with printed text and another cartoon on the reverse.