IDEAL HOUSEHOLDER 1923 John Bernard Partridge Bonar Law PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 10 1/2 inch x 8 1/4 inch Wood Engraved Cartoon page titled THE IDEAL HOUSEHOLDER from Punch, March 14, 1923.

SCENE - A Blasted Common, Mitcham.

MR. BONAR LAW. "NOW, THAT’S MY NOTION OF A GOOD CITIZEN: CARRIES HIS HOME WITH HIM, PROGRESSES WITHOUT UNDUE PRECIPITANCY AND NEVER BITES YOU IN THE BACK."

Andrew Bonar Law (1858 – 1923) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923.

The cartoon is by John Bernard Partridge (1861 - 1945). An English illustrator born in London. Partridge was educated at Stonyhurst College, and after matriculating at the University of London entered the office of Dunn & Hansom, architects. He then joined for a couple of years a firm of stained-glass designers (Lavers, Barraud and Westlake), learning drapery and ornament; and then studied and executed church ornament under Philip Westlake, 1880–1884. He began illustration for the press and practised watercolour painting, but his chief success was derived from book illustration. In 1891 he joined the staff of Punch and, in 1910, became its chief cartoonist, replacing Edward Linley Sambourne. During his time at Punch, Partridge published several cartoons showing his support for the Suffragist movement. He was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and of The Pastel Society

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. Reverse side blank.