REAL TRAFFIC PROBLEM 1934 Fougasse PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 10 3/4 inch x 8 1/4 inch Double-Sided Wood Engraved Cartoon page titled THE REAL TRAFFIC PROBLEM from Punch, November 5, 1934.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN STORM’S PORT SAYS “STOP”, BUT SPOTS PILLS SAY “GO”?

The cartoon is by Fougasse (1887 - 1965). Cyril Kenneth Bird CBE, known by the pen name Fougasse, was a British cartoonist. He was perhaps best known for his work in Punch magazine (of which he served as editor from 1949 to 1953) and his World War II warning propaganda posters; "Careless talk costs lives" was one of the most popular. He also designed many posters for the London Underground.

The cartoon on the reverse is by William Leigh Ridgewell (1881 - 1937). Artist, Illustrator and Lithographer. Brighton School of Art graduate. In India, during World War I he drew posters for the Indian War loan and contributed cartoons and sketches to The Looker-On and Indian Ink. Back in England, 1920-1937 he contributed to Punch, influenced greatly by Fougasse and Bateman.

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.