TRAGEDY OF GREECE 1923 John Bernard Partridge PUNCH CARTOON PAGE

Original 10 1/2 inch x 8 1/4 inch Wood Engraved Cartoon page titled THE TRAGEDY OF GREECE. from Punch, January 31, 1923.

Humanity. "Who will help me to save these?"

[Mr Punch very earnestly entreats his readers, whose generosity he has so often tested, to send help, at the earliest possible moment, to the Greek refugees from Smyrna, Constantinople and Thrace, whose sufferings from hunger, exposure and disease are almost beyond telling. He begs to draw attention to the statement of facts furnished by the Imperial War Relief Fund and set out on the opposite page, where addresses are given to which help may be sent.]

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.