Exhibit B1
Snap-Shots. London: James Henderson. Vol. 2, no. 36. 11 April 1891.
In the middle of page 12, a six-panel tramp story, “The Thirsty Tramps’ Successful Expedient”, a strip taken from Judge, more
Exhibit B2
Comic Cuts. London: Pandora Publishing Company [Alfred Harmsworth]. Vol. 2, no. 67. 22 August 1891.
In 1891, Comic Cuts ran a number of short tramp strips by Roland Hill, Oliver Veal and others, some of them in excruciatingly poor taste. more
Exhibit B3
Illustrated Chips. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 17, no. 422 (new series). 1 October 1898.
Tom Browne created the tramp duo Weary Willie (sometimes Willy) and Tired Tim for Illustrated Chips in 1896. more
Exhibit B4
Postcard. “The Adventures of Weary Willie and Tired Tim”. Pictorial Post Cards no. 2551. Issued by Davidson Bros. Postmarked 1904.
This is the first of a series of six postcards that taken together relate a humorous story about the two world-famed tramps, more
Exhibit B5
The Captain. London: George Newnes. Vol. 1. April to September 1899.
Tom Browne evidently visualized Don Quixote and Sancho Panza as having practically the same physique as his famous tramps. more
Exhibit B6
Machray, Robert. The Night Side of London. Illustrated by Tom Browne. London: John MacQueen. 1902.
Tom Browne’s interest in the destitute extended beyond the comics. This ink-wash illustration stands as Browne’s statement about the haves and have-nots in Edwardian London; more
Exhibit B7
Chips Summer Number. [London]: Lavington Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 28, no. 718 (new series).
4 June 1904.
Weary Willie and Tiny Tim endure a Gothic nightmare. more
Exhibit B8
Chips Grand Holiday Number. London: 25 Bouverie Street. [Amalgamated Press]. No. 935 (new series). 1 August 1908.
It is 1908. Affordable four-cylinder Ford cars are selling well in England. Willie and Tim take a spin in a "banger", only to end up in hospital. more
Exhibit B9
The Comic Home Journal. London: B. W. Young [Amalgamated Press]. No. 375. 12 July 1902.
Vagrants Larry and Bill, indignant that the Mayor ignores the hungry and destitute, steal the food destined for the King’s Dinner and redistribute it to the poor – to the King’s manifest approval. more
Exhibit B10
The Summer Number Big Budget. London: 28 Maiden Lane [C. Arthur Pearson]. Vol. 13, no. 317. 11 July
1903.
“Bold bad tramp” Airy Alf plays a trick on his erstwhile pal Bouncing Billy, who – improbable though it may seem, more
Exhibit B11
Grand Christmas Number! of the Jester and Wonder. London: Lavington St. [Amalgamated Press]. No. 159. 26 November 1904.
As frequently happens in the above regular strip, burglars Chokee Bill and Area Sneaker abscond with the loot after their burgling adventure. more
Exhibit B12
Comic Cuts. [London]: Lavington Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 26, no. 658. 20 December 1902.
The Mackabeentosh Family, including the destitute relative Neglected Jim (second from the right), who will soon become the main family member, more
Exhibit B13
Comic Cuts. [London]: Lavington Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 27, no. 702. 24 October 1903.
Neglected Jim entices thousands of stray cats into an empty house; more
Exhibit B14
Comic Cuts. [London]: Lavington Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 29, no. 731. 14 May 1904.
Beginning on 30 April 1904, Lucky Lucas and Neglected Jim appear in the same cover-page strip, more
Exhibit B15
Comic Cuts. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 859. 27 October 1906.
In this Happy Harry and Lucky Lucas set, one of a number of dream adventures that ran in 1906–7, artist Tom Wilkinson is clearly imitating the style of Winsor McCay’s, more
Exhibit B16
Comic-Life. London: James Henderson & Sons. No. 550. 2 January 1909.
The first appearance of Tall Thomas and Butterball, the Fat Tramps, drawn by Harry O’Neill, and printed from 5 August 1911 onwards in full colour. more
Exhibit B17
Illustrated Chips. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No. 944 (new series). 3 October 1908.
From homeless tramp to homeless dog. The first Homeless Hector strip, devised and drawn by Bertie Brown, appeared on 3 October 1908, more
Exhibit B18
The Butterfly. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No. 223. 19 December 1908.
Chased off one job by the “suffererjets”, Bill dresses as a maid to find another position, is fired for attracting a crowd of male admirers, more
Exhibit B19
Comic Cuts. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No.1066. 15 October 1910.
This is the first presentation of the antics of Tom the Ticket-of-Leave Man (a convict on parole) and his supervising constable, P.C. Fairyfoot, more
Exhibit B20
The Funny Wonder. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 9, no. 215 (new series). 13 March 1897.
Chubblock Homes, a burlesque version of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes (for which, see B21), was invented and drawn by Irish artist Jack B. Yeats. more
Exhibit B21
The Strand Magazine. London: George Newnes. Vol. 6. July to December 1893.
Page 297 of this issue of The Strand Magazine has Sidney Paget’s well-known, indeed iconic, depiction of Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes. more
Exhibit B22
The Funny Wonder. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 9, no. 221. 24 April 1897.
As one might have guessed from the cigar smoke, the Lady Detective turns out to be none other than Chubblock Homes in drag. more
Exhibit B23
The Funny Wonder. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 10, no. 243. 25 September 1897.
To pacify timorous villagers, The Handy-Man is here commissioned to make a realistic (read: snoozing and snoring) village policeman, more
Exhibit B24
The Funny Wonder. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 10, no. 253. 4 December 1897.
The arrival in England of American trickster Hiram B. Boss, whose tricks regularly backfire. more
Exhibit B25
Comic Cuts. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 920. 28 December 1907.
The adventures of The Who-Did-It, a four-legged robotic contraption. more
Exhibit B26
Comic Cuts. [London]: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No. 1051. 2 July 1910.
Dicky the Bird-Man, winged avenger, regularly swoops down to earth to assist the weak and oppressed. Here he flies to a lady’s assistance. more
Exhibit B27
The Funny Wonder. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 12, no. 296. 1 October 1898.
“Ephriam Broadbeamer, the Pimply-Nosed Smuggler, Pirate and Other Things” – another zany character invented by Jack B. Yeats. more
Exhibit B28
The Funny Wonder. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 12, no. 298. 15 October 1898.
Another odd creation by Jack B. Yeats. This four-panel strip features the adventures of “Fairo the 2nd, the Egyptian Camel” and his keeper, more
Exhibit B29
Puck. London: B. W. Young [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 7, no. 177. 14 December 1907.
The adventures of eccentric inventor Professor Radium, drawn by Tom Wilkinson, ran in Puck from 1904 to 1916, generally – as here – on the back page. more
