A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GOSSIP-WRITER 1934 Arthur Wallis Mills PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 10 3/4 inch x 8 1/4 inch Wood Engraved Cartoon page titled A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GOSSIP-WRITER from Punch, May 14, 1934.

The cartoons are by Arthur Wallis Mills (1878 - 1940). A British artist. As well as traditional art forms, Mills also produced artwork and occasional cartoons for Punch Magazine, The Strand Magazine, The Humourist, The Black and White Illustrated Budget and The Royal Magazine in the United Kingdom as well as The Wanganui Chronicle in New Zealand. He also illustrated ‘A Cabinet Secret’ by Guy Boothby, 1901, the 1908 edition of The Novels of Jane Austen in Ten Volumes, ‘The Zincali - An account of the gypsies of Spain’ by George Borrow, 1841 and ‘The Red Book of Heroes’ by Andrew Lang, 1909. Mills illustrated many of P. G. Wodehouse's stories in magazines, including ‘Indiscretions of Archie’ (1920–1921), ‘Leave It to Psmith’ (1923), and 15 of P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves short stories in The Strand Magazine, the first being "Jeeves in the Springtime" (1921). He illustrated more Jeeves short stories for their original UK magazine publications than any other artist..

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.